This is an analysis of the poem Stanzas Written In Dejection, Near Naples that begins with:

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The sun is warm, the sky is clear, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbccdcdX XbXbeeeeee Xfgfgghghh XgbgbbabaXXagegeececc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 01010101 01110111 11110101 01010101 01001101 01010001 110010101 01010101 0101010111000 1 11011001 01110111 11010101 110101101 11010101 010001010 01011101 010001010 1101011101010 1 01111111 11011101 11100101 01010101 11010101 1111011110 10111101 101111110 0111101001010 1 11010101 101011101 111110101 11010101 11111111 11111111 11110011 11111101 1101101010100 1 11011101 11101101 11111111 01000101 11011111 11111101 01011101 11010101 0101011101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 348
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; nor, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, nor are repeated.

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