This is an analysis of the poem Amours De Voyage, Canto V that begins with:

There is a city, upbuilt on the quays of the turbulent Arno,
Under Fiesole's heights,--thither are we to return? ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdedfg h hifbbicagbi h h bjbbgck l lcgk h jbhjj h jgjmffgcdkbXaen h ibjdecdcindj h inhhdgj gnknbXc egjiebegh igebnmbbi bbbgXddnd h bXhgjmkcojijoljg j gkibnffcikii h jgkjdhbhhfbhnhg jpcckkbfgc ncdbeghbbgiebcn h mnhhg k gjn
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,11,1,1,7,1,4,1,5,1,15,1,12,1,7,7,9,9,9,1,16,1,12,1,15,10,15,1,5,1,20,1,11,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101010010010 1010011011001 10010110010010010 10010011001001 100111101010010 1010011101001 10010011010111110 10111010101001 1101001100110110 111101110010110 10010111010110 10111111110011 100101111010101 100111011111110 1110110111010010 111111111011010 111111010111010 101101110101010 111111011101110 1111010110010010 11010 10 1001001101010011 000111110010110 111101001010010 1101001101011011 10010110010011110 110111111111010 1001011111111010 10 10111111110010 1011001001100100100 110110101010010 1111111111110010 10 1001010110110010 1011110010101010 10110010110010010 111001110011110 1111110111111110 11010001101101 111101111011010 10111111110101 011111101010010 1011110100100010 111101111110011 101011111010001 1111010001010010 10111111010010 11111011111111 011111111011011 11011110101111010 111110011010100 1111111011010010 1101001010010110 111101111111010 11010 1111001010110010 10010111010110010 10111101110010 10111101010111 100100101110011 1010110111001010 01110010110110011 1001111001010011 10111011010010110 110101111110010 1101111111111011 11010010111010010 11010 10010010011010110 1101100011110110 10011110010100010 11010100010110010 0011110011011011 111101011010110 10010110111111100 11001101111111011 110111011110110 1011001011110110 10011010010010010 00010011010011010 1011011011100010 1011011111011011 111011001110010 10011011111110010 1011111011010 110101111101110 10010010010111010 100110111110010010 1110010010011010 00101111010110 10011010010010010 11011011001010010 101111001010010 100101110111110 1001011101011011 101001011110110 110111101010110 111101001001011 10011111110110 1011001001010010 111011010011011010 11101111111010 101011101010010 10110101010010 110111111001011 1101111011010011 11101111110011 111001110010010 110110111110011 11010 10101101001010 1010011101011111 101011011010010 1111010010110011 10110110111110 100101001110010 100111101110000 11100011010010010 100111101010111 101111101011010 100100111110010 1011001011111010 1100001111111111 10010110110011010 1001011010000010 10010111110011 1101000110 11111111111010 11101101110011 010110111010010 111100110111010 111101011111010 10110101011111 01111111111111 0111011110010010 11111001111010 111001011110011 111101110011010 11011011011010010 11010 1101110110011010 10010011010011110 111111111110011 1101011111010110 10101101110011 10011011110110110 111001110110010 0101011001001110 00010000011010010 10010110110111111 1001101111010010 100101110110110 111111111110110 101011110111011 011011111111110 1101111111011010 11101011011010 111111111010110 101010111010110 110111101011010 11111111010110 10111001010011 10111111010010 101011110010010 1111001111111010 11011011110111110 111011111000100 1101010111010011 111001111111010 1101111011110001 0001001000111110 1111001010011011 1001001110010110 10110011011110110 1011110010110111 101101101010010 10010111110010 111000111011010 1011111101010010 1101110111101010 11010 1111001111110010 00011101110110 11011101111011 101001101111011 1111100110010 1101001 101111001110010 1110111001011010 101111101111100100 101000101101101110 1111101110110110 1101001010011010 10010010010110010 1001101010010010 111111011010110 11100001101110010 1111010111110001 110101011011111 1111111110100 111100111111010 10010111010010 1001010111111110 10111111010010 111010110010110 10111111010010 1011010010010010 1101000110 111100111111110 111111110110101 10110111010110011 100101011110010 111111101011110 10010010110011110 1110010011010011 111111011010110 11010111110010 111001110010010 111101111010010 11 111001000011010 1101110011010 1101001110010110 11010011011011 1111001100011010 1011011001001 111001111001010 101000110010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 35
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 410
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 255
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; at, you, he, belief, one, i, and, to, your, him, be, if, in, of, thee, not, it, no, all, must, or, have, we, seek, knowledge, for, go are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, pisa, i, , comfort, or, knowledge, go are repeated.

    The author used the same words pisa, b at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines florence, pisa, answer, you, , us, it are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases pisa, , rome connect the lines.

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