This is an analysis of the poem Fabien Dei Franchi that begins with:

THE silent room, the heavy creeping shade,
The dead that travel fast, the opening door,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabXabcXbcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101010101 01110101001 0101010101 0111011101 1101010001 0101010101 111000111010 1111011111 1110010101 1111010101 0011011101 11110111001 1101010001 1101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 784
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Fabien Dei Franchi;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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