This is an analysis of the poem The Zucca that begins with:

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Summer was dead and Autumn was expiring,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcbcdd XebebebaX Xafafafff XXghgXXhh agggggghh aiaiaiajj XXh Xcccccchh Xfjfjfjhh kbhbhbhhh aXldldlck
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,3,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 10111101010 1101010101 110011110100 1001110101 11010111010 1101110111 01111101110 110110010010 1 1011111101 01010001110 1101100101 11110011110 1101101111 010010101110 010000111 1101110100 1 1111111101 1101011111 1101010110 1111111011 1110010111 1111111101 01011111001 111101 1 110110111110 10000101110 10010101010 11010111100 01010111100 11010110110 1101100101 1101100101 1 01111111110 0101011101 01001101110 1001110011 00110111010 01011100111 1100010101 0110110111 1 1111010111 0101010101 1111010101 1001111101 0111110101 1101011101 1111110101 1101011111 1 01011010101 110100101 1 11001101110 0001100101 01011101010 11010110001 010111001110 0101011111 10001010101 1100011001 1 01010110001 1101011001 1111010101 1101001101 100010101101 0101100001 110001101001 0100100001 1 1101110011 100011111110 1111010101 11110111010 101010110101 1001100110 0101011101 1101011111 1 110111011101 1111010101 101010010010 1101010111 010100011010 0101000101 010010111 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 300
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 94
  • 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; and, in, had, of, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, the are repeated.

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