This is an analysis of the poem Bitter tears pour down my face that begins with:

‘Piovonmi amare lagrime del viso'
Bitter tears pour down my face...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XabXXcaadcdcbX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010110 1011111 01101010 11110111 1101111001 1001111101 10110010 11100100100 1110111110 1111011111 110101101 1111101 011111101 0101010101 10111101 0101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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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