This is an analysis of the poem To Emilia Viviani that begins with:

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Madonna, wherefore hast thou sent to me... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbabXccXca Xadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01010011101 1101100 1001111101 001110 011111 000110111 110111 1101 01110010110 110101 0111011111 1 1011111101 011101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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