Analysis of Venice
Arthur Symons 1865 (Milford Haven) – 1945
Water and marble and that silentness
Which is not broken by a wheel or hoof;
A city like a water-lily, less
Seen than reflected, palace wall and roof,
In the unfruitful waters motionless,
Without one living grass's green reproof;
A city without joy or weariness,
Itself beholding, from itself aloof.
| Scheme | ABABABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sicilian octave |
| Metre | 10010011 1111010111 0101010101 1101010101 00110100 01110111 0100111100 0101010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 300 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 239 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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