This is an analysis of the poem Arrival In Rome that begins with:

Early in life, when hope seems prophecy,
And strong desire can sometimes mould a fate,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdefbeghijXdbddjie bkddldjXjbbddhXghfgbgebXbiXblejdXbmilfgedegjidkabakmgjbedddgXgclc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,65,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001111100 11010101101 1110111100 0111110101 01010101110 00100010011 00100010011 11001010011 11011101011 10101110111 11000100111 11010111010 0101011111 110010011000 1011010100 11001010100 1101011101 0101010101 0011010111 1101101101 1011010101 101101001110 1101010101 01110111001 110010010100 101101001010 1001110111 1001110100 1101110110 111001101010 1101110101 1101010001 10010101010 1011110101 1101010101 010001001000 1001100101 0111010111 1001010011 0101110101 1101100100 11010111010 11010111011 1100010001 1101110100 1101010101 1011111111 1001110101 1011000101 1001010001 1011010101 1011011101 1011001101 11111101010 0101011011 0111001101 1001110100 1001011111 0101010111 0101010101 01010111011 01010001010 11011101011 1111010101 0101101101 11101011111 1001011111 110101010010 1111001100 0011010100 1011111100 11010101010 1011001111 0111011101 1111010100 1001011101 01110101001 0101010100 0011001001011 1101011101 11110101110 11001010001 111111001010 1101110011 1111100101 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1851
  • Average number of words per stanza: 324
  • Amount of lines: 86
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; of, had, departed, and, hail are repeated.

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

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