This is an analysis of the poem Columbus that begins with:
Once upon a time there was an Italian,
And some people thought he was a rapscallion,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbbbbXbbaaccddbbeeffXXdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101111010 11101110100 1110010 01101011110 1110111 11010111000001 111110111100101 110110100101001111010100 1010110101010 110101101110 11110111010011 01001011000100010101010001 1101010001111010 111011010 111100111101100 11111101100100010 101010101 1111110100011001001 11111010101101000 11111110111011001010010001011001000101110100010101010100 101011101101111100111110 11010010011110110 1010111 1110100101101 1011001010010101001110010 01010100101010100100000010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1593
- Average number of words per stanza: 290
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, and, she, very, her, somebody are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, but are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines one, it are repeated).
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