This is an analysis of the poem To L.T. In Florence that begins with:

You by the Arno shape your marble dream,
Under the cypress and the olive trees, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacXXcbX
  • 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 1001010101 1101011101 1001010101 1101010101 0100011111 01101011100 1101110111 11010010111 10111010100 1111000101 0101011111 11110110100 111101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 595
  • Average number of words per stanza: 103
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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