This is an analysis of the poem A Niello that begins with:

I
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbc dede fXfg ghgh X ibbiicci Jkkjjllj biibbaab djJddiid ehheejje X dmdmnene ddddhXhdXhjhjhaha
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,1,8,8,8,8,8,1,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 001100111 01010101 11010100 1101 000101001 01011101 101100001 0101 01011101 11110100 01110101 1101 11111111 11011101 01110101 1111 1 11010101 11011101 01011101 110101 01111111 01010101 11111101 110001 11010111 01001101 11110101 110001 01110101 01110101 11011101 111101 11110111 01110001 11010101 110111 11111101 01010111 11001111 010100 10110111 01011101 11010111 010111 11110101 01110111 11110101 111101 11010111 01010101 11111101 010101 11110111 110110101 1100111001 111111 1 11111111 01100101 11010011 11010101 11011111 11001101 010101001 111101 11111101 01010101 11010111 01000101 11010101 0101001000 01111101 110111 11111101 01110001 11010111 11011101 11111111 01011111 00110010 10111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 83
  • 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; her, and are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words when, and, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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