This is an analysis of the poem Er Rifuggio (The Refuge) that begins with:

A le curte: te vòi sbrigà d'Aggnesa
Senza er risico tuo? Be', tu pprocura ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXXX XXa XXX X XbXX Xcbd cdX XXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,1,4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001111100 100100111100 10000100110 11010111100 01011110100 1010100100 101110100100 10101000100 10110001100 1111010101 11111110 111110001110 1100101101100 111010010110 10 01111011010 0110111101 0010101 110111101 11110010 1101010001 0110010011 1100101010 101110010 1101000101 11101101 11011011 101111010 11110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you're is repeated.

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  • summary of Er Rifuggio (The Refuge);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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