This is an analysis of the poem The Roll Of The De Silve Race that begins with:

[HERNANI, Act III.]
In that reverend face...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaabbccddeXbbffbbgggghhfXeccffb aX cX aiihX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,31,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10011 011001 0101000101 10001110101 1111011101 0101110011 1100001101 1011110111 10110111101 1101000101 1001011001 1100010110 111110111 0101011101 0111001001 1101110101 1100111011 1101010101 110011111 1111011101 0111110001 10111101001 01110010101 0101110111 1010101101 1101110010 1001110001 1101011101 0111000111 1110111101 1101010111 110 1101100101 010 11101001001 1100010 10110111 0011011111 1111010101 1110010101 0101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 334
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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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