This is an analysis of the poem From Monte Pincio that begins with:

Evening is coming, the sun waxes red,
Radiant colors from heaven are beaming...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaccddeeffaa fccfaaggdXhhXb Xbbhiiggjjkkbb hbbhggllffggbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,14,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001001101 10010010110 11010010010 10011001001 10011010110 10010111010 1011001001 1011011011 101111 110101 100011 101111 11011010010 10111010 1011011001 10010011010 11010110110 0111101001 100100011010 10110100110 1001101101 1001001001 100101 100100 11111 101101 10110111100 10010010 1101001010 10010011010 10010011110 1101001001 10010011010 10010011010 1101101011 1001001001 100111 100101 101101 110111 11010110010 10011110 10101101011 100100010110 10011010110 101001101 11010110010 11010011010 1011101101 1010001011 100101 100111 101101 100111 10010110010 10110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 531
  • Average number of words per stanza: 88
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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.

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