This is an analysis of the poem Roman Girl's Song that begins with:
Rome, Rome! thou art no more
As thou hast been!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABab bcbc abAB dede acac dadX baba fgfg haha cgcg ijijXabAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 1110 1110101 1101 111101 1001 101101 1111 111101 1101 111111 1110 1101001 1011 111111 1111 110111 10001 101101 0101 110101 1111 101101 10110 111111 1001 1110111 1101 100101 1111 110101 1101 1001011 1111 101101 0101 110111 0101 01101 1011 111111 0101 1111001 1101 111101 0101 111111 1110
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thou is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thou is repeated.
The author used the same words many, thou at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Roman Girl's Song;
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