This is an analysis of the poem Urbs Sacra Æterna that begins with:
ROME! what a scroll of History thine has been
In the first days thy sword republican... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaabacbac
- 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: 11010100110 0011110100 10111101101 101101111 1011010111 1101110101 11011110011 0101011111 11110101110 1101010101 1101010111 11110101010 1101010101 0101000101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 752
- Average number of words per stanza: 116
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, thy are repeated.
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