This is an analysis of the poem Alle Zattere that begins with:

Only to live, only to be
In Venice, is enough for me.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccddeeddbbddaXbbaaffXaaXddgghhggiigXhhjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 46,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011000 01000111 00010101 11010101 01010101 10011101 10010101 01000101 10110101 01010101 11010111 11111101 00110101 11010110 11100101 10110011 11110101 11110101 01110101 1111010 11111111 11110101 11010101 10110111 11011101 10011001 11010101 011100011 11110111 10000100 10110101 01000101 01010101 11010101 01010001 11010101 01110011 10110111 110101110 000101010 110100101 01100100 11010111 010000100 11011001 101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1430
  • Average number of words per stanza: 288
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, him, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase she connects the lines.

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