This is an analysis of the poem Translator's Note that begins with:
There is a tradition in Laparone that the first
man to wake each morning must sweep...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaabcdaefghhiXfjjadkaeelhXmmmfkgiilkhlmahnlflglXlXfdbXmaeblaXbcbigahalXbahXXnd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 79,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1000100100101 10111011 1100111 1011011 0001101001 1010001101 1100100101 0100010001 010110010001 0101001010010 10110100110 11011110010 01010010010 01001001111 0101101100 01000110110 100101011101 10100100011 10001000110 0010110010010 01000111011010 111010000101 0100110111001 00110010011001 10101001010 0010100101010 0101010001010101 101100100100101 01101110101 101110100110 101010110 0100100010 001001010010 101100101101 10010101001 10100111 101001000110 0010110010 10011010010010 101100000010 101010010101 101010100101 010000111001 11101010101 1000110010100 010110001011 001001100100 1001111010111 01010110101 0100010100101 01011000100 010010100010 0101010010 0010101101 100100001001 100001101011 01001000100001 1011110101 0010000110101 001010110001 01001110010 11010010111100 1110100101 0010010111 0111111001 010101011011 101011100000010 1001101010010 10110010 0010110011011 11011111 010010110110 101001111101 111010101001 110011011 1010010110 001000100100 01111010110 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 3392
- Average number of words per stanza: 627
- Amount of lines: 79
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, in, or, of, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, the are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines no is repeated).
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- summary of Translator's Note;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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