This is an analysis of the poem In Ampezzo that begins with:

Only once more and not again--the larches
Shake to the wind their echo, "Not again,"-- ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXab XcXc XdXd ebeb afaf ghgh iaia bXbj kbkb XXbX elel bXba Xkek gjga gmgm gbgb nnnn ogog eXeX aaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111101010 100111010100 11010111010 101101 01100101100 01001010101 110100010110 100101 11111111000 10111010011 11010011000 100101 11010101110 0101110101 11011101010 100101 01010111010 0100111101 10010101010 10101 110110101010 1001010011 10110101010 100111 11011111011 1101010101 1001000111 100111 11011111010 1001110100 01110101101 100101 11010100110 0101010101 10010111110 100101 10010111000 0101000101 11011101010 101100 010011100110 1101110101 01110111010 100101 11110101010 01001110100 10110100010 100101 01010101010 0111010101 0101110110 100100 11011101010 10100010101 111011101010 110101 01100101010 11010010101 11010100010 100111 01110001010 0101100101 10110101010 110111 010100010110 1111110001 01011101010 100101 11111111010 1001010101 10111101010 101101 11110101110 1001010100 101101000010 1001001 01011111010 0101011101 11010011110 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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