This is an analysis of the poem Er Caffettiere Fisolofo (The Philosophizing Barman) that begins with:

L'ommini de sto monno sò l'istesso
Che vaghi de caffè ner macinino: ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX X XabX ccXa bXb XcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,1,4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001101100 1100111000 101001101100100 101011001100 101001011010 010100101000 110001001100 11011101000 110010100110 1000110011 1111010010010 110010011011 101001100010 1111110011 10 001111 1010010 1011110010101 110010101100 11011110 011011010011 1111101 1011000010 100111001 1010101 110111 110010111 101111 0100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; one, in, and are repeated.

    The author used the same words e, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Er Caffettiere Fisolofo (The Philosophizing Barman);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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