This is an analysis of the poem I have not seen you, lady, that begins with:
‘Lassare il velo o per sole o per ombra'
I have not seen you, lady,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aXXbcXabcXbbcc 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: 101101111110 1111110 111101111 11111010011 111010001101 111010101 11010101 111101010 111111001 11111 1101010001 11110100101001 011101 101111111 01101101010 0101011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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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