This is an analysis of the poem Where A Roman Villa Stood, Above Freiburg that begins with:

On alien ground, breathing an alien air,
A Roman stood, far from his ancient home,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbX cbcb adad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110011011001 0101100101 11010 101110101010 0100010101 10110100111 0111101100 010101 1001010111 0101010101 1001110011 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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 is repeated.

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