This is an analysis of the poem Famam Librosque Cano that begins with:

Your songs?
Oh! The little mothers...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcaaXcdXedffX c ddeeX aagddgbhhXibbjd dfgX ibkkbXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,1,5,15,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 101010 0100011 1101 1001001 1111 110101 11010101 11110 111111 011100110 1011110110 100110101 11111 1001 1000111 1 01011011 11110011 01011101 011100 11111101 100100111 1111011 0101010100 1011010111 1111 101110110 0101011 011 1110010101 010 1111101010 100111010101 1101 110101100 1111 11110010 1010001 1111010 100 110111 111101010111 1111 11 1010010 1010111101 111010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; its is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of Famam Librosque Cano;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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