This is an analysis of the poem From Perugia that begins with:

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE'S Letters from Italy.
THE tall, sallow guardsmen their horsetails have spread,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabbccdddaXaeeddffgghhffaahhiiddeejjiiikkkeeaallkkaaiikkaaaammffkXkkllddhheeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 79,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001010100100 01101011111 101011001011 101101001011 101001001011 101101101001 101001101001 101001101001 101001001001 01001011011 001001011101 001010011101 11001001001 1101001001 1011000100011 11011111111 11011101011 1111010110001 101001001011 1110101001111 11111001001 11001011011 101101101101 101111001111 101101101011 101101111011 101001011001 01101111001 01101001011 101001101001 11011011001 00101001011 11110011011 011111011001 101101001001 101001101001 11011001011 101101101011 01011101101 11101001001 11001111011 111101111011 11001100101 11101101011 101011001001 10101001101 1010011011010 101011011001 111101011011 11011001001 001001101001 101011001001 11111011011 11101011001 11011011001 11001011001 11011110001 101111101001 01111111101 1010100101101 11101001001 10111100111 110111110001 101011011011 101001101001 1110011011 00111001011 11101001001 11001111101 01011001011 110001001001 10111011011 11111011011 11101111101 11001011101 101101011001 001101011011 11011011101 101101001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3947
  • Average number of words per stanza: 711
  • Amount of lines: 79
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, with, when, its, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, o, when, no, let are repeated.

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