This is an analysis of the poem Venetian Life that begins with:

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The meaning of somber and barren...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcd X aXeX X cadX X XfXc X XffX X cbXX X XXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 010010110 01010101 11100001011 0011 1 0111101 11101 111111010 101110001 1 101011010 10010110001 10100101010 01010 1 011010100111 10101001100 0110110 101001 1 1110100100 0010101 1101000011 01100010101 1 1000110110101 11010011 11110100 111010101 1 110100010 101100101 0101011 11101011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 70
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Venetian Life;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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