This is an analysis of the poem L'Innustria (Striving) that begins with:

Un giorno che arrestai propio a la fetta,
Senz'avé manco l'arma d'un quadrino, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX X abaX cXXb XXX cXX
  • 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: 1101100100110 1010101100 101101101010 110010101100 11100101100 110010110000 0101101000 11101001100 010101111000 100101110000 1001010001100 1011101001100 11010110111000 1100101110110 10 1111101100 1111011 1001101100101 1101000110 111010110 111001101001 101110000101001 101011 1111101100010 10111011001 11101110000 110100100 11010111010 0100111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; i is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of L'Innustria (Striving);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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