This is an analysis of the poem Speculum Tuscanismi that begins with:

Since Galatea came in, and Tuscanism gan usurp,
Vanity above all: villainy next her, stateliness Empress ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbXcXXcXdaeafXgecaXghXiXifdibbhcXXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101100111 10001110010100010 1111011111010 11110011110010 111000101110001 011100101110011 0101111010010 0110111010010 110111010111 10011011100110100 010101110011110 110011001010010 10010111001110001 100011001010011 010101010011 1100110011010 0101101010010 10110011110011 101101111110001 101101110110001 110101101011010 1101001001010001 011101100100011 1111111111010011 111001011011011 111111011000 010010101010110 0101011010010 1001011010010 11010110001011 111101011110 11100110011110 1010011011100001 10101010100100101 101011001110010 0010101101 11010110111101010 1011100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 385
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; but, no, to, like, in, not, for, and, of, happy, blessed, good are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, not, a are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines happy is repeated).

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  • summary of Speculum Tuscanismi;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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