This is an analysis of the poem When I turn again to gaze on the years that begins with:

‘Quand'io mi volgo indietro a miarar gli anni'
When I turn again to gaze on the years...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXbXabccbXXcdd X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110100010110 1110101100 1110111010 1101011101 1101011011 111010010 11110110110 1010010101 111010011 11111111110 1110100011 111111111 1111101111 1111111001 0111011111 0101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; my, in, i, and, myself, o are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

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