This is an analysis of the poem Venice that begins with:

WHILE the skies of this northern November
Scowl down with a darkening menace,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbXbcdcddadabebfXgcgbdbdcacaddddehehcdcdhbhbhahahahafafa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 60,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010010010 110010010 110011010 110010010 1010111010 110010010 10110101100 010010010 1010010010 010111010 110011010 111110010 1111101010 111111010 0011011010 011010010 111111010 011011010 1110110110 10011001 111011000 110011110 110010010 110110110 1111011011 010011010 1100101101 111011010 0010010110 010010010 1101100010 011111010 1010010110 011011110 011011010 010111010 110010110 010110010 010101110 010011010 1011011010 010010110 110011010 111110010 010010010 010110011 010110010 010010111 110110110 010110010 111010010 110010010 110011010 110100110 010011010 111110110 010010110 011010010 010110010 110110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 380
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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, in, of, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, a are repeated.

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

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