Analysis of The Old Bridge At Florence
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)
Taddeo Gaddi built me. I am old,
Five centuries old. I plant my foot of stone
Upon the Arno, as St. Michael's own
Was planted on the dragon. Fold by fold
Beneath me as it struggles. I behold
Its glistening scales. Twice hath it overthrown
My kindred and companions. Me alone
It moveth not, but is by me controlled.
I can remember when the Medici
Were driven from Florence; longer still ago
The final wars of Ghibelline and Guelf.
Florence adorns me with her jewelry;
And when I think that Michael Angelo
Hath leaned on me, I glory in myself.
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Metre | 100111111 11001111111 0101011101 1101010111 0111110101 1100111101 1100010101 111111101 1101010010 01011010101 01011101 1001110100 011111010 111111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 536 |
Words | 102 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 425 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 100 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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