This is an analysis of the poem On The Descent Into Hell Of Ezzelino Di Napoli that begins with:

Rejoice, ye nations! one is dead
By whom ten thousand hearts have bled....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddacca eeadda ccfbbf ggfhhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 11110111 10110111 11110101 01010101 11001101 010010101 11111111 11110101 01011111 110101101 10111001 01011101 11010101 11011101 01000111 10110111 110010111 11011001 10111101 11010101 11011101 010011101 11010111 010111010 110011010 11110101 111001111 110101001 01010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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