This is an analysis of Holy Week At Genoa by Oscar Wilde.

I wandered through Scoglietto's far retreat,
The oranges on each o'erhanging spray…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdeedc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101100101 01001110001 1111010101 11010100111 1101010111 1101011001 1011110111 1101111101 1101111101 1001010101 1111010010 11111101010 11110001101 0101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14