This is an analysis of the poem The Bridge Of Lodi. that begins with:

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When of tender mind and body ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bXXa X cdcd X baaa X aeae a fdXd a gXgh X Xibi X baba X bjbj X iaia a bkak X lala X Xfaf X haha X bdXd X cjcX X Xfaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10101110 1111100 111110100 1010101 1 00101010 0010101 11101010 1010111 1 11111110 10100101 00111011 1010001 1 101110001 1110111 11011011 00110001 1 10111110 1110101 00101110 1010101 1 101101010 0010100 10101010 1010011 1 10101110 1010111 11111010 1110101 1 11101010 1010011 10111000 1010101 1 11111010 1000111 11111010 0010101 1 11111110 0110111 11111010 1011101 1 10101010 10100111 11111011 11001001 1 111001101 1010101 10101011 0011101 1 111110100 1110111 11111111 1011111 1 11101111 1011101 01001011 1010111 1 10101010 0110101 11101000 1010101 1 10101010 0110101 11101010 1110110 1 111110100 1110101 11111111 1011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 34
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 67
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 85
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of The Bridge Of Lodi.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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