This is an analysis of the poem The Last Giustianini that begins with:

O WIFE, wife, wife! As if the sacred name
Could weary one with saying! Once again ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcX dedXdd XdXdff gbgbgg dddddX dedebb hihhiX bdbddd dadaii dfdfjj bibihh kdkdcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111100101 1101010101 1001111111 1011001101 1011001111 01111101010 1111111101 10010010101 1101010111 0111110100 1101110101 1101111101 1101110101 1101111101 1111011010 1100110001 1111110111 1101010111 1111110101 11001010110 0111010011 0101010101 0101110100 0110011111 1100110111 0101010101 1100010101 1100010101 1111010111 1101000111 0101011111 0101111101 1100111111 1101011111 1011000111 0101000101 1101011101 1101010001 1101110101 1001001101 1101110101 11111100010 1101111101 0011011101 1101110101 1111111111 1011010111 1011011111 1101011111 0101011111 0101010001 1111011011 1111101101 1011010111 1111010111 01001010101 1101110001 1101010001 1100010101 11010001001 1111111101 1011000101 01100010111 0001110011 1101110111 1011010101 11011100011 1111011101 0101011101 1101111111 11001010011 00011111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; wife, i, and, me, you are repeated.

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

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