This is an analysis of the poem In A Gondola that begins with:

He sings_.
I send my heart up to thee, all my heart... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: A bcbcddd D effegggccXhX iijijijXakXlddXdl A e BcbcfF X BcbcXF a e bmmbhhb X neXnoon A e nnnpppnN X hhheeenN a bbababba c nccnfffffbbff jjbb a e bbbbjj X aaaakk c oojj hdahh d qqfccfdmmdefefnnagagrqerfXkfkXggag knkknnsmsmattaaagggtjtjjffakakgggXsbababakkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,1,12,17,1,1,6,1,6,1,1,7,1,7,1,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,13,4,1,1,6,1,6,1,4,5,1,34,44,1,1,6,1,6,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11 1111101111 00110 1011110111 0101010 10010010111 011111 111101010101 11 11011101 11011011 10101101 01110111 01011111 11111011 11111101 11011100 01011101 10011111 11111111 111101110 01111101 10001111 10011111 11010101 11110001 10110111 11100101 11011110 100011101 11110101 11010101 11110101 01000111 11010001 11110111 10110111 11111100 11 1 1111111 1111010 1110101 11001010 0010101 111 1 1111111 10101010 1010001 11101110 0011101 111 11 1 0111 11101101 101101 11111011 01011111 11011101 11111111 1 0111 11101101 111110 01111101 01110101 11000101 10110111 11 1 1111 1101 11011011101 001011 111101 01011001101 11001011011 101111111 1 101111 01001 11101101001 11111 10101 1111011010001 11001011011 101111111 110 11010111 01110101 01110101 11010101 01010101 11011101 01110111 11011101 1110 111101011 00101101 01000101 11111111 11110101 0111101 1110001 1000101 11110101 10110111 010111111 10010111 01001001 10110101 11010101 11110001 11110111 1110 1 10011111 11000111 11011111 101010111 01011111 100111 1 11111101 110011111 11110111 11011001 11111001 111111 10110 11110011111 1111011011 1011010111 1101010101 1101011111 1101101101 0101010101 1101111111 1100010111 11 111111110 11101010 1001001 10101010 11101010 1011001 1010101 0010101 11010101 0011101 1110111 10011101 01010101 11011101 11010101 10111111 01110111 01110111 01011101 11110001 11110111 111100100 01111111 01100101 11011101 011111100 11110101 01010101 11111101 0111010110 11010101 10010011 100101010 11110101 11011101 11111101 01010011 01011111 11111101 01010101 110110010 11011111 010101010 11111101 01010011 11111001 110001011 10110101 110100011 111010101 01110101 11011111 110100101 11110101 110011001 10110101 10010111 11110111 11110101 01110101 11110101 11100101 10010100 01111111 11000011 11000100 11010001 01110101 10010100 10110101 11010111 11010001 11010101 10110100 11110101 01111101 01110111 11011101 11 1 01000111 01010101 11001101 01110111 1100101 01110101 1 10101101 01010101 01101101 11111111 11110101 11111101 11010010111 1010110101 10111100101 0101010100 0100010111 1111011111 1111111101 111110 101 1101111111 1111111111 100111 0101001111 1101110111 1111110101 1001011101 1101011111 0101110111 110111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 42
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 254
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, to, me, past, your, then, and are repeated.

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

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