This is an analysis of the poem The City Of Dreadful Night that begins with:

Per me si va nella citta dolente.
--Dante...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X a abbXXc XbbXXXXX X X dXdefXe egXgffg hghgiig ejejffj kdldkkX mnmnoon j gngnaan jdjdaaX fdfdeed gfgfeef ododeed cdcdXdd XpepXhp mmmmkkm gmgXqqm rcrcXkc sfsfeef ntntkkt X dududd ijijnN npnpnn vgvgnn mememm epepcc fXfenN dwdwsX X X X XpepeuuX ep
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,6,8,1,1,7,7,7,7,7,7,1,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,1,1,8,7,7,7,1,6,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,10,1,7,7,7,7,1,6,6,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,7,7,7,1,6,4,3,4,3,4,4,4,3,3,3,3,3,1,7,7,7,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,6,1,7,7,7,7,1,6,6,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 224
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 1186
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; of, why, false, and, some, to, dead, in, i, with, such, her, she, he, that, as, or, him, it, from, have, they, their, all, not, we, no, dark, your, infections, blank, this, you, night, more, than are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words why, or, the, a, one, and, as, o, she, to, he, it, that, who, most, they, much, how, no, two, whom, could, infinite, if, infections, my, speak, with, again, more, over are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, then, as, i, they, from, we, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words fear, sake, night at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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