This is an analysis of the poem Introduction: Pippa Passes that begins with:

New Year's Day at Asolo in the Trevisan
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  • Rhyme scheme: X ab cddececcbddbcfgfgffc hbhbdidiXXjjXjklklaaggmmaaeeeecccciiXkllnneellbbooo XdffpplXhhlccXaoXoooXllXefdXXccc cccnnqgqgXhihiddXXXdaaq qfXrarabbsgsgoottffbbXXiicclll cggchhggulublbngngeeqq ooeeaadd uuu bbggdd Xollbb lldcdXXaqgqggXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,20,51,32,23,30,22,8,3,6,6,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 111110000100 1 01110100110001110101 1 10111 10111111 111100111 11010101 11011101 010100101 0010111001 11110010101 1011110001 110010101 100111110101 110110010001 01011110 010110110 0111110110110 10110110110 0111011111110 110110111110 11111001011 1111010010010 1111110110 11011101010 10110101001 1101111111 11001110111 1111010101 0100011111 11010111100 11110101110 11110101110 11110101010 01011101111 01010111110 1101110101 0101110101 110010111001 1111100101 11110111010 10111001010 1111110111 11110011001 1111011101 1101001101 0101010111 1101011101 1011010111 0101111101 1101011101 1011111111 11111101101 1111111111 1101011110 1011010101 11010100111 01001010101 0101010110 10011010001 1110010111 1101011101 0101110111 0111101011 1101110101 0101000101 1111010001 0101111101 1111001101 1101110101 1101111011 01110011001 1100110111 11111111 111110111 001010110 111101010 1110101 1101010101 11111101 1011000 10100110 110101010 10111 0100110101101 1010101 11001100 11111111 110101010010 1001011100 11110111010 1101111111 01010101010 0101110110 11010111101 1111111101 11101100 111010 011110 1111000 111100 010110 1111101001 1101101011 111101 1011111101 10011111101 1111111111 01011010111 0111011111 101111101 111110101 11101110101 111001011101 00100101100 11011101010 1111110111 11111100110 0101011101 1101111101 1111011101 01111101100 11110111100 1111010111 0111001101 1111001111 01000010011 1110010101 1111110111 01011101110 11111001010 1111111110 10100111 1111010010 111100111 110011101 01111101 1011010011 00111111110 1011010111 110110011110 111101 110101 1101011111 1101011111 1001010110010 1011110100010 0111011101 1001010001 111101010 11101010 1110101 0110001 1101010111 1110001 1011010101 1101011101 111100 110110111 1011001 01011111 110110011 11111100010 11010100110 1011110111 1101011111 1101110101 1001110101 11001011101 0101010101 0101010101 1011110101 1101010101 00101010111 0111010111 1011011111 1101011101 1111011001 11001001101 1111011101 1011011101 0111111101 1110010101 0101010101 0011011101 1111111101 0111110111 1011010101 11101010101 0111111101 1101011101 11010101 01110011 1010101 11110111 11110111 11101111 11111011 10111011 01101101 11101001 01111111 101110101 1100110011 1011111100 11011011111 1001110111 01010101 1100010101 1101110010 010111101 1011101 10011101 1010101 11010101 1101 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 633
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • Amount of lines: 231
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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, or, of, rain, and, their, i, day, love, to, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words , of, for are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines , day, carouse are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.

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  • summary of Introduction: Pippa Passes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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