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

In Venice
Stillness in the passing night of the room....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcXdX eaXde fXXgX c X cXbXX XbgfX cXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,5,5,1,1,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010 1000101001 10101010 010101 00010 0101010 0101111 1010101 10010 010101 00101101 0101101 01110110 110001 11101 111001 01011010 10100 101010 1010110 1110010 1100 100100 10100 10011001 111111 1100111 11000 1010110 1111 10110 11101 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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  • summary of In Venice;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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