This is an analysis of the poem Novembre/ November that begins with:

Novembre
Gemmea l’aria, il sole così chiaro...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXaX XaXX XXXX X bcbX XcXX XddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 1010111010 11100110000010 111001000010 1011 11011010101 1111001010 1101101101110 101100 10010011110 101001010110 111101010 10110 010 01001011 111011001011 110101011 011 10111111001 111000111 00010101010101 1010011 10101010111 1001000110010 110010010100 0110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; il, e are repeated.

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  • summary of Novembre/ November;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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