This is an analysis of the poem Old Pictures In Florence that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: a babacccc X dedecaca X fgfgdhdh X cicifjfj a gkgkbkbk a lflfmnmn X fhfholol X ghghnfnX X foXodpdX l fhfhdpXp a XgeXjeXe X nadacaca X qXqlrnrn X spspejej X eaeananp X tdtdchch X jXjfXuXu X nhnhnjnX X fXXrafaX X phpXjtXt X hfhfXefe X jhjhcjcj X jpXXcXXg X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 011101001 0100110111 11111100101 001010111 11111101 0010011111 111010101 101110101 1 10111111 111111111 101010101 1010010101 1011110111 010110101 1010110101 110011101 1 10101101 111111111 110010101 1011111101 1110111111 010101101 101111101 111010101 1 101110101 10110111 111111101 1010110101 111010101 101111111 0010101111 110100101 1 111110111 1101100101 1101100011 1010100101 001010101 010101011 0111001001 011110101 1 010010111 0101111011 1010100101 111110111 110111101 1111001010 010110111 0111011010 1 110110101 11101001100 0101101111 1010100101 1111100111 11111101 11101001011 1110110101 1 11101111 101111101 0011110101 1110100101 1100110010 1101111110 01001011010 11001001010 1 111111101 101011111 110110101 101010101 110111001 011100110 110110101 1010101100 1 110101011 1011101110 010100101 101011011110 1000101111 01001101010 1100011010110 1101011110 1 01111111110 1110110011 11111101 1110101010 0101111110 10100101010 11101111100 1110111010 1 1111011110 1111011100 110110101 111001101 011010111011 1110111111 11101111010 1110111111 1 1110101111 1011011110 11101001011 11001001111 11111111010 11110010 1110101010 1110101010 1 110110111 111111010 101101111 11001001010 111110101 0010110101 10110101001 1110100111 1 1111011101 1111100111 1100110111 0101100111 1101010001010 010110111 01001011010 111110100 1 011101011 01000101111 11011111101 11101111101 01000101010 0111111010 11111011010 011111110010 1 10111111010 010110010100 11111110010 11110011100 10101001010 11110011010 1101111011 1110001010 1 0011111110010 1111011101 11001101010 1111001100 1111010010 111111110 1110101110 1110101000 1 11101101010 0101111111 0100111100 1111110010 111110111 1101101110 01001001001 101001001110 1 111011110110 11011011100 01001011010 101001111010 0100101010 10111010010 11001111000 101101101110 1 10101101101 110101001 1110100101 10111101011 10110101100 01011110001 111010010010 1001000111 1 1110110111 1010101001 111101101001 1110011101 101111101 0100111101 110001101001 1111100111 1 11101111010 0101111110 1100100010 1101110 1101100101 0101001100 111111101 1101101011 1 111111101 101101011 111111110 1100110111 011011111 110010010110 1110110100 00100001011 1 1111101010 01100101010 11001101110 1100111110 111100011100 110111101 111010101100 1001100101 1 1110101100 110011100101 10110011011 1001011000 1111110010 01101011000 101110100011 10101010101 1 110100111 1100001010 110101101 00100111010 1101101110 01001110010 1110010000 0101111110 1 10000100 0011111010 1111110011 1111001110 1011001010 100111010 0101101010 01001111010 1 111001011 0100101110 1101100101 01011011010 1101101011 01001101110 1101110100 011111010 1 110111101 11011011100 1100110101 1010101010 1100011010 1101101001 111010110010 111110101 1 11110011010 1101001000 101101100101 11110110100 11111010101 10010010101 1010000101 10111111100 1 101011101010 0111011110 0011001110 1101110010 1011001110 1010111110 1010011010 1001001110 1 01111011101 1101101010 10101010000 1101011010 11011001010 11101101000 110111100100 11101010010 1 111100111100 10110111100 111111111101 10010011100 1001011010 11001001111 100110010 1111010010 1 11101001110 1001100101100 01111110100 110110101000 11101001100 0100010110 1110111010 01010110100 1 11001110010 01001101110 10101001100 0100111101 11101011010 1011001101 11001110010 1100100111 101011 1110101100100110 101011 101011010101100 10100100010 1111010101010 111 11010111 101010010111 110110111 111 101011011 1101 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 73
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 338
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; and, of, i, with, each, you, as, little, by, your, their, in, to, died are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, its, wherever, and, you're, you, where, my, why, nor are repeated.

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