This is an analysis of the poem Where is the forehead, that could make my heart turn that begins with:
‘Ov'è la fronte, che con picciol cenno'
Where is the forehead, that could make my heart turn...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abcXXXbXXXaXcXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,16,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111010 10010111111 0111001010 110100101011 11110111 1001010101 010101011 110101000 11110111 100101100101 110100111101 1111001110 1011111001 101011111 101111010101 0101011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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