This is an analysis of the poem My sad verse, go to the harsh stone that begins with:

‘Ite, rime dolenti, al duro sasso'
My sad verse, go to the harsh stone...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXaXbccdXXdbXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011110 11110011 1111010001 10011001010 10101000111 1001101010010 010101111 110010101 111101100 1010001011 101110101 11011100110 1010011110 101111101011 111110110010 0101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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; her, and are repeated.

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