This is an analysis of the poem Naples – 1860 that begins with:
I GIVE thee joy!—I know to thee
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb ccc aaa ddd ddd eee fff aaX ccc ggg hhX iXiXccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101 01011110 1111110101 11010101 01010111 011100001001 11110111 01110101 111110001 11110101 11010101 1101000101 11111101 01100101 1111011101 11010111 01010101 1001110001 110011101 11010011 01010010011 11010011 010010101 1101010101 11000111 11010101 1101010100 11010101 01011101 1001100101 11111101 011000101 11010010100 01110101 11010101 11000101000 11110111 01111100 1001011101 11011101 01110111 100101001001
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; s, and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, and are repeated.
The author used the same word that at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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