This is an analysis of the poem Er Zagrifizzio D'Abbramo Ii (Abraham's Sacrifice 2) that begins with:

Doppo fatta un boccon de colazzione
Partirno tutt'e quattro a giorno chiaro, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX X XXaXX aXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,1,5,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101100100 100110010010 1100010100 1110111000 100100010101010 1000010010100 1100011110 100001111000 010100110010 1101100100 11010000101101 110100101 11001100100001 100101100110 10 1 101001010 1100111 1101 0110111010 10111101011 10010110 11001010111 101100100 110101100 1110100 11101011010 111100101 10110011000101 111110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Er Zagrifizzio D'Abbramo Ii (Abraham's Sacrifice 2);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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