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

So you think he is defeated, O ye comfortably seated,
And that Victory is meted in your loaded huckster's scales?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb XbaX cXdd caXa edcd cfXf eXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111001011100010 111000100110101 1111101011101110 1100011001010101 1110101010101110 11100100101010111 1011111010101010 101010100110101 1111111001101010 1010101011101100 1010111010111010 0010101011100101 1010101010101010 111110100011001 10111011100101010 111011111010101 1111111010101010 011110110110011 0110101011101110 101011110010111 1111101000100010 111000100110001 1010101000101000 101011101110011 1110101011100010 111000101011101 1011101001100110 1010010011111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in, be are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Aspromonte;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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