This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet To Italy that begins with:

FOR thee, Ansonia! Nature's bounteous hand,
Luxuriant spreads around her blooming stores;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab Xbbb cbcbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 11010010101 01001010101 01011010101 1101001101 1111100101 110100101101 1011010101 0101010101 1111010111 110100101001 1101011001 0111001111 11010100101 01011101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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