This is an analysis of the poem By A Swimming Pool Outside Syracusa that begins with:

All afternoon I have been struggling to communicate in Italian with Roberto and Giuseppe, who have begun to resemble the two male characters in my...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101000010100100010101011100010011100010101010011111101010001010111111011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 1
  • Average number of symbols per line: 287 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 50
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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