This is an analysis of the poem On The Extinction Of The Venetian Republic that begins with:

ONCE did she hold the gorgeous East in fee;
   And was the safeguard of the West: the worth ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXaccadadada
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1011010101 1101100101 1100110101 1001010100 1101010111 1101111100 1111100101 1101010101 1101111101 1101011101 1111000101 1011110101 11111111001 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 736
  • Average number of words per stanza: 113
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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