This is an analysis of the poem When from hour to hour among the other ladies that begins with:

‘Quando fra l'altre donne ad ora ad ora'
When from hour to hour among the other ladies...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abaacdXXddcbXb X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111110110 10100100101010 101001001 11111100110 1110010111011 1101011010 011110101 1111101101 11011100110 00011101 11010011010 10110111010 001110101 111101011 110111010001 0101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; you, that are repeated.

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

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