This is an analysis of the poem Florence that begins with:
City acclaimed from far-off days
Fair, and baptized in field of flowers,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dddd efeX bgbg Xhfh igiX jbjb hchc eheh bjbj jkjk flfl aaaa fefe gjgj fafa fjfj cfcX mbmb abab aeXe faXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10010111 110101010 11110101 110111010 11110111 110100111 11011101 11110111 01010101 11111111 111101001 101100101 11011101 11011101 10011111 11000101 11111111 010111001 110111010 11010101 111101100 00111111 11001101 01011101 11110111 01110110 10100101 11111100 11011101 110111101 11010011 11110101 11110111 11011101 11110101 01101101 110101001 11010111 11010111 010011101 1100011001 10011101 11010101 11010101 110010111 010111010 10000101 1101001010 11000101 11010101 10011001 11000111 101111001 110011101 11010111 010100101 11011101 01010111 110100101 111100101 01111101 01111111 111101001 10111101 01111101 10010101 100100111 11010101 101110111 11010101 111111001 01100100 100111111 01011101 11111111 100010000 10011111 11110111 11011101 10011101 110101110 111001010 11010101 100101010 11011101 100100111 11000111 01110101 11011101 10010110 100101100 11100100
- Amount of stanzas: 23
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 92
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
The author used the same words and, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Florence;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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