This is an analysis of the poem The Tomb Of Ilaria Giunigi that begins with:

ILARIA, thou that wert so fair and dear
That death would fain disown thee, grief made wise... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbX cdcdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1001111111 1111011111 0100110101 1111010101 1011010101 0101110101 0101110111 11111111010 1100100111 1011000101 00110010101 01010111111 1111011101 1001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 313
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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