This is an analysis of the poem Li Galoppini (The Scroungers) that begins with:

Jeri, a la Pulinara, un colleggiale
Doppo fatta una predica in todesco, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXXX XXX XXX X XXbc aXaX Xcc XXb
  • 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: 100110001100 1010101000100 10010100011 101110110100 01011000010 110011011010 110011100 11011001010 1111101101100 10000111000 1001000100 110110101000 1101011000 1110010001100 10 10111000100010 10100100101 01010100011 10010100110010 110110100 0100101101011 1001010110 110111 101010100 100101 10010111 101001011 10011110 10110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de is repeated.

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  • summary of Li Galoppini (The Scroungers);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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