This is an analysis of the poem Lines On The Anio At Tivoli that begins with:

One river from the mountain springs was born,
Into three several streams its course was torn.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccddeeffggddddggbbhhiiggjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11000100111 00110010111 1101011101 1011110111 01010101010 01110101110 1001000101 0101011101 1101010111 1101001101 1100110101 1011100001 11010010111 1101010111 10110010101 1111001111 1101101101 1011010101 0011011111 1111111111 1001110011 1001011101 10110001010 111111011110 10010101001 1011000101 1011011101 1100110101 1101011101 1001000101 1111101101 1111000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1439
  • Average number of words per stanza: 257
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; its, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Lines On The Anio At Tivoli;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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