This is an analysis of the poem The Decameron that begins with:

Noon with a depth of shadow beneath the trees
Shakes in the heat, quivers to the sound of lutes:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaabbaab cdXddc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10010110101 10011000101 11011101101 10101100101 101100111011 11011010111 1001010101001 110100101101 10000110101 100101011001 11111011000 11101011101 10111010111 10111101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 382
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of The Decameron;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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