This is an analysis of the poem Nel Mezzo Del Cammin that begins with:

Whisper it not that late in years
Sorrow shall fade and the world be brighter,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBabXccB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011100 1011101010 10101011 101011010 11011110 0111111001 110101001 1011101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; be, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Nel Mezzo Del Cammin;
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  • history of its creation;
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