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

THE sun-browned girl, whose limbs recline
When noon her languid hand has laid... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede fdfd agag hihi gfgfXcbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01111101 11010111 11011001 01010101 110100101 11010111 01010101 01000101 110100101 01010101 11011111 11110111 01010101 010100101 11011101 11000101 11010101 11010101 110011101 11000101 11010111 011100101 11010101 110101001 11110101 01010101 110111001 010000101 110100101 11010101 010100101 11010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; his is repeated.

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