This is an analysis of the poem From "Adonais," 49-52 that begins with:

49
Go thou to Rome,--at once the Paradise,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaXaXbabb X cbcbbdbdd X ebebbcbcc X afaXfgfgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1101110101 0101010100 1101110101 11001110101 0101000100 1101000111 1110010111 1111011001 0101010010101 1 1111011111 11110010101 1111000101 1000010111 0101010011 1101010101 0101110101 1101011101 100111010101 1 1111111111 0111010101 0101100101 1111000101 1011110111 1111011001 0111001101 1100011001 11000111001 1 0101010111 10101011111 1101010101 10110000100 0111000101 0110011111 1011011101 10101110111 010101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 329
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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