This is an analysis of the poem To Aurelio Saffi that begins with:
To God and man be simply true;
Do as thou hast been wont to do;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaa a bbbb aaaa cccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,1,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110101 11110101 11110111 11011101 11111111 10011001 110100101 01011111 01111111 11111101 11110111 11010101 11110101 11110011 01111101 10010011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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- summary of To Aurelio Saffi;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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