This is an analysis of the poem A Summer In Tuscany that begins with:

Do you remember, Lucy,
How, in the days gone by... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abcacb deaefe gdhdgd cgdgag hijiki jlmlXl gldlml gkgkhk jhfhhh jgggcg Annnkn focogo bhchfh cpjphpXkbcbjb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 100111 11010010 0100100 001111010 110111 11101010 1111001 111011010 11000101 101110110 111001 11010110 101011 100110110 11001011 11111010 1110101 11010010 1001101 01101010 1100111 10010110 1100101 10110101 1111101 11001010 01011011 11001011 11001001 100110010 01001001 110011110 1001011 11001010 11101001 11010010 1101101 10010010 1001101 0100010 101111 110011010 0101101 1110010 0011001 10011011 0110111 1111110 01011101 111010010 11101101 011010111 010011001 1110110 101111 10011010 11001000 11110010 11011111 1101010 0111111 01110010 0101101 010110010 11011011 11001110 01001001 11111010 100111 110010011 1111011 10011111 1100101 10011110 1111101 01111110 1111111 11011010 1101111 011110110 0111101 11001110 1110101 10010110 1111011 11110010 11111011 01011010 1110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 90
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, his, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, every, the, these are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase dead connects the lines.

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