This is an analysis of the poem To Eleonora Duse I that begins with:

Oh beauty that is filled so full of tears,
Where every passing anguish left its trace,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaacacac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101011101 11001010101 1111010101 1111010101 1101101111 010100101 0101010011 01010001100 1100011101 0101110011 1101110111 1111000101 0101110111 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 601
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; your is repeated.

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  • summary of To Eleonora Duse I;
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