This is an analysis of the poem Holy Week At Genoa that begins with:

I wandered through Scoglietto's far retreat,
The oranges on each o'erhanging spray... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdeedc
  • 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: 1101100101 01001110001 1111010101 11010100111 1101010111 1101011001 1011110111 1101111101 1101111101 1001010101 1111010010 11111101010 11110001101 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 640
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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