This is an analysis of the poem Gentildonna that begins with:

She passed and left no quiver in the veins, who now
Moving among the trees, and clinging...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Metre: 111111000111 100101110 001110 1001111101 1101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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