This is an analysis of the poem Ariosto. Orlando Furioso, Canto X, 91-99 that begins with:
Ruggiero, to amaze the British host,
And wake more wonder in their wondering ranks, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbbbbc dedeefeff dgXgghghh aaaaaiaii jkjkkhkhh lglgXagaa eaeaacacc dbdbXfcff cchbXcbcc mXmXkXkkk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0100010101 11110011001 010001101 11010001001 10011000101 0101100101 1101011101 1101011101 1101011101001 111100101110 1011110101 11010101010 0101010011 1101010111 0101101101 0101010001 1101110011 110100100101 1101000111 1101001001 01010101100 10110100101 0101011001 10110111001 01010101001 1101110101 1111001110101 1001010101 0100011100 1011000101 0101011101 1011111100 11111101001 1111001101 0111000111 110101111000 1011010101 1111011111 10010011001 01001101001 1001000101 0101011111 1001000111 1001000111 0101010100111 1101010011 1101010011 0101110111 1111011101 1101001000 1001010101 01011001001 0101011011 001101110111 10110101001 1001000101 1001000101 1101000101 100100101001 10110001001 1111110111 10101010001 010101010101 10110110101 11010010101 1011010101 1101000101 101111001000 0001011101 1101000101 0101001101 010101100101 1111010101 1011010101 1011010101 1101001101 1100010111 01110101010 1011110101 11011101010 11110010101010 1111011111 11100011101010 1111010111 1011011100 1101011001 1001010110 1101011101 0101010001 1101010101001
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 406
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 99
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; and, now, to, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Ariosto. Orlando Furioso, Canto X, 91-99;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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