This is an analysis of the poem On The Conflagration Of The Po that begins with:
Why is, and whence, the Po in flames? and why
In consternation do its borderers raise...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdbXeXXaceccdbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1011010111 01010101001 0101010101 1101110100 1101011101 0101110101 0101110101 11110110101 1111010101 11100001101 1111011001 10110011011 11010111010101011111 1101110001 1011011001 11001110101 1001010111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 752
- Average number of words per stanza: 141
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, men are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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