This is an analysis of To Italy. (From Filicaja) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Italy! Italy! thou who'rt doomed to wear
The fatal gift of beauty and possess…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXaabXacdadca
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 10010011101 0101010101 01100100100 1001110101 1111110111 1111111111 10010011000 1101010101 10011111010 1100111101 10010110001 1111110001 11100101010 1011011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

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