This is an analysis of the poem The Old Bridge At Florence that begins with:

Taddeo Gaddi built me. I am old,
Five centuries old. I plant my foot of stone... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacXXcXX
  • 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: 1001011111 11001111101 0101011101 1101010111 0111010101 01001110101 1101010101 0101101101 1101010010 01001010101 0101010011 1001100100 1111110101 1111110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 541
  • Average number of words per stanza: 100
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, it are repeated.

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