This is an analysis of the poem Dante that begins with:

Tuscan, that wanderest through the realms of gloom,
With thoughtful pace, and sad, majestic eyes,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbXcbcccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10110010101 0101110101 1111001101 11000001001 1101010101 1011110100 1101011001 0101110110 1011110101 11010000100 1101010101 00101010101 1111110101 1101010101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 645
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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.

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