This is an analysis of the poem Properzia Rossi that begins with:

Tell me no more, no more
Of my soul's lofty gifts! Are they not vain... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbefghic jaacckkjjddbbggaajjjlmmfff Xnabbcceiibbooaaofof ddjjjXoojlaaeeooh XfffbfbbbXoppbbppi XjjdbbXkkffXajleeii ggoeoebXfbfbqqffjjjj ppiinnknkaggddeXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,26,20,17,18,19,20,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111111 0111011111 0101011100 11111101101 1111011011 1101010111 0100010101 0111101111 0101101011 11110100111 1111110 1 1101010101 1001010111 1101110101 0111110101 11010011111 01110101001 1101110111 1011011100 1111011101 1001001111 1111011111 1011010001 0101010111 1110110101 1111010111 1101111101 1111110111 1001000101 1101110111 1001010100 0011001101 1111001001 1011111111 10110010101 110101 1 01010 0111111101 1111111101 1101000101 01001001111 0101111100 111101 0111 0111010101 1101010111 1111110101 1011010111 11111100011 0101010111 1111001111 10010010101 1011110101 1111010111 1111000101 1111011101 01110101101 0101010101 1001010101 0011001101 1011110100 0111111111 0011010111 1101011111 0101000100 1011010101 1111010101 1011010101 0101010011 1011110111 1011010111 010111 1 1111 1111001101 1101010111 11011111110 1001001101 111100010010 1101111110 1101011001 01110101100 1101111101 1100110101 110111111001 1101110101 1111100001 1101111101 1001000111 01110 1 10101 1000110101 11111100101 0101010101 1011010101 10110011101 0111010101 1001011111 10101011111 0011010111 11111111010 1111011011 1011011111 01111100100 1101011101 11010100111 1101001111 0111100101 10110110011 0110010101 0111011111 1101011111 1101110111 1001010101 0011000101 0101001111 1101111101 11111101010 1111111101 10011111110 0110000111 1100110111 11010101111 1011111101 1101001101 1101111100 1101010101 1011011111 0101010101 1111011101 0101000101 1101010101 010101110110 001101101110 1111011101 01011111010 1101111111 1011110101 1011110001 1111001101 1101110001 011010010001 1101110101 1101 101111 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 754
  • Average number of words per stanza: 143
  • Amount of lines: 149
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, to, my are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Properzia Rossi;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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