This is an analysis of the poem The Death Of Emilia Manin that begins with:

Falls the sunlight, dim and faint,
On her face, like face of saint,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aABcCb ddecce ffcddc ggdccd Xahiih jjbkkb aaakkaXaABcCb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 1011101 10111 1010101 1010111 00101 1011101 1011101 00101 1111101 1010101 11111 1110111 1110101 11101 1111101 1010101 10101 1110111 1010101 10101 1010111 1010111 10101 1010111 1011101 10101 1011101 1110101 10011 1010101 1010101 11101 1110101 1111111 11101 1011101 0010101 11101 1010101 1010101 11101 1011111 1011101 10111 1110101 1010111 00101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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