This is an analysis of the poem Of Jacopo Del Sellaio that begins with:

This man knew out the secret ways of love,
No man could paint such things who did not know....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111010101 1111111011 1111110100 1111110101 1101110111 0100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Of Jacopo Del Sellaio;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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