This is an analysis of the poem To A Victor In A Game Of Pallone that begins with:

The face of glory and her pleasant voice,
O fortunate youth, now recognize,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbddebaacff dgddggXadbaff ahhbgXgbehhgg ibbXaXjbbidff hhggXfjdiibdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,13,13,13,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101010101 110011101 11110101001 11010100 11110010011 0111110111 0111010101 11111101010 01000010101 1101010100 01001101 01011101 1001010101 0111010101 1101 1101010101 01011101001 11110100101 0101010001 111010101 01011101 00010011111 0101010101 0101010101 01110101 1101000111 10111111 0101010001 1100010101 0101001101 11011101100 1101010101 1011111111 1101010101 1001010111 1101010111 11010001 1111110101 0101110100 01110111 0100010100 010101 1101010101 1100010101 101010100 00010100 1111010101 0101010101 01010100001 11011010001 01000100101 0101011101 11110111 11010001 11101101001 11011101001 111111011010 1101011101 1110111111 1011010001 1101010101 0101010101 11010111010 1101010101 0111010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 528
  • Average number of words per stanza: 92
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • 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; take, heed, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.

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  • summary of To A Victor In A Game Of Pallone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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