This is an analysis of the poem Campo Di Fiori that begins with:

In Rome on the Campo di Fiori
Baskets of olives and lemons,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBcbXdXc efgXhcBb aijchijX jjiehbjX iXXbhcch ajfjbjhc cdBekkkg ahXkhkah
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110101010 10010110 101001 1010010 1010010 0111 10011 1111 1011 1101010 1010010 11101 010111 0100101 10010110 01101010 1100101010 011101101 110110 001001001 011001 01000101 110010 100101 1110010 111101 11010101 110011 1111 11001001 101010 111001111 1101110 101001111 10111 11111010 11101 00100110 000100 1010111 1111110 001000010 011010 10010 1011 010101 001111 11111 010101111 1101111 10010110 1110001 1101010 1010011 1111010 10100010 1101010 010101 110110 010011010 0111010 110011 101101010 101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase mankind connects the lines.

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  • summary of Campo Di Fiori;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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