This is an analysis of the poem Alla Dogana that begins with:

Night, and the silence of the night,
In Venice; far away, a song;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccba deeaad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010001 01010101 10010101 010101 1001010001 110001 101011 01011100 1011111101 10010101 010111011 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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