This is an analysis of the poem Chi È? that begins with:

When for a buonamano
Cometh, at break of day,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabacXcA dadAdaXA eaeAbaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101000 101101 11010010 0101101 10100010 0100101 110011010 1100101 1001110 0110101 11001110 0101101 10111010 1101111 1110110 1100101 11101110 110101 11001110 0101101 1111010 111101 10011011 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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