This is an analysis of the poem L'Abbichino De Le Donne (Womens Abacus) that begins with:

La donna, inzino ar venti, si è contenta
Mamma, l'anni che ttiè ssempre li canta: ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aaX XXX X XXaa bacX Xbc XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,1,4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001101100 1010111110 11101101100110 1011101100010 1100010101110 1111101101100 1100110001110 111011000100 1111100110 110011101010 1101100100 11000001010100 1100001001100 1000101100 10 10101010010011 110111 1111001011110 1111100110 0101101101 01011011110 11111 1100101010 01101001101 110101001 11001110010 11100110 11000101001 1100100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of L'Abbichino De Le Donne (Womens Abacus);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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