This is an analysis of the poem To Italy that begins with:
BRIGHT valor, smitten by so shrewd a blow,
Drooping thy golden wing like wounded plover,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXabbXcdcdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101011101 10110111010 111101001010 10010010010 0100110111 10000101010 01011011010 0101010101 1001110101 1110011111 0101010111 1001001111 1111011101 1100010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 567
- Average number of words per stanza: 97
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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.
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- summary of To Italy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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