This is an analysis of the poem Canto Xlv that begins with:

With Usura
With usura hath no man a house of good stone...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abXXcdXaXdXXedeefabag XhXXiXXXXiXXXXcagaXXgbXg XXhX Xf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,21,24,4,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100 010011101001 11111110 10111011 0100 1110101011011 1011 111010010 110100010 0100 1111000110101 110010011010 1001011110 010010110 011101011 0111110 011011110 01000111 01000111010 1111111010 11001001 1001001 0100 111010 110110100 1000010100 100100011 11001010010010 111100 10111100 111001011011100 11110010 111100001011110010 1110111010110 11100110 11100110 10010010 010011010 01001001 1100110010 101010110010001000 10010110 1001001001 01001110 01110011 010111011 10100 11111100 1011010 1010100 1100011010100101001010010100101001010000101010000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 473
  • Average number of words per stanza: 84
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, with, usura, not, by, came are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, is, nor, came, not, it are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines usura is repeated).

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

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  • summary of Canto Xlv;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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