This is an analysis of the poem Rome that begins with:

IMPERIAL city, slumb'ring on the throne
Of vanished empire, once thy voice and hands... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaXbbacdXecde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01001010101 01010011111 1011110101 0011011101 1101110101 1 11110100111 1100110101 01111101001 1111011101 10001011101 1 1101111111 1101110101 0101010001 0111001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 675
  • Average number of words per stanza: 113
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy is repeated.

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