This is an analysis of the poem La Bella Mano that begins with:

O BELLA Mano, che ti lavi e piaci
In quel medesmo tuo puro elemento... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX aXXaabbacdcdXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101110110 011001101000 11110010100 11110100010 11100000100 101001101100 101100110100100 11011011110 01110110110 100101101011 110111010 100001010011 010111001011 1101000110 1101111111 0111110100 110100111 11110101001 101010011001 11010011111 1011010101 0110111111 0101111101 01001010100 1101110011 01010101000 1011110110 11110000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 557
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; e is repeated.

    The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of La Bella Mano;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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