This is an analysis of the poem Farewell To Italy that begins with:

I LEAVE thee, beauteous Italy! no more
From the high terraces, at even-tide,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbXbXXcXXbadXdbXcXadXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111010011 0011001101 0101001101 1101010111 1111010100 10001000101 101100101 0101111100 1001100101 1001111110 1001110011 0101111101 1111001001 11110101110 1101111101 1111001111 1111010101 11001111011 1111010100 1001010011 0101010101 1011010101 0101010101 1110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 982
  • Average number of words per stanza: 192
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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