This is an analysis of the poem Towers Of Italy that begins with:

Never were towers so fair, so bold,
Passionately springing, arrogant towers!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaab acaac dedde fbffb bbbbbXaaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100101111 10001010010 111110111 111011101 1111101010 1101010001 110010101 1010010101 11111111 111101011 110110101 110110101 10010111 00100110101 11110101 1111111101 001011101 1111100111 0100100101 1111001 110110111 00101001010 101111101 101010101001 11000100010 011010001 1111010101 110110101 100100010011 10001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; so, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nor is repeated.

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