This is an analysis of the poem Sicilian Wine that begins with:

I' ve drunk Sicilia's crimson wine!
The blazing vintage pressed... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaAaaccdXd eAeeaacecefffggff aaadedeXeXhhgicjjjckbbk jjjjjddjXa keikfklkflkkddkkdX dddddaacccmcmaaaaaggkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,17,23,10,18,22,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100101 010101 011101 110100101 01 11101 110101 11010101 1101 0101 00111 111001 101011111 1111 11101 110111001 01010101 11010101 1001101 011101 010101 011101 100101101 1101010101 110101 1101 10110 11010 11010101001 111100 0100101001 101101101 1111 011100101 011111101 011101001 1010101 110011100 1100111111 11101010 01010101 110101 01010101010 10 11010101 011101 0111111 1101001001 1101110101 110110111 0011000101 011101 1001001000101 101111 1101010001 01000111 1011 01110001001 101111011001 010101 1101010101 110101100 0101010101 1111 0101 111101010 1001010011 11101101 110101001 11110111 111101 11010001 0101011101 0101110001 110101 1011010101 0110101 11011101 01010010101 110101 1011001000 010101 111111 011101 110101 01010101001 11011100101 110100 1101100101 1101 101110001 11111111010 1101101101 01010 111111 01010001001 1101001 11110101 10010100001 0111010 10110100010 1111110101 01111101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 547
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 103
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, thou are repeated.

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

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