This is an analysis of the poem La Penale (The Fine) that begins with:

Li preti, già sse sa, fanno la caccia
A 'gni sorte de spece de quadrini. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX X XaXb cacX bXc aXX
  • 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: 11011110110 011010100 10110011101010 010011111000 101101001100 11001101000 111111000 111010101000 010000111000 10111100 1101101100 11110110110 11111010100 10001101011000 10 0111011110 11001111 111010101011 110010011 01110101101001 11110001110 1110101 110101010001 1010010101001 1101011 101010100111 11110110110 11110110010 1101101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; de, i are repeated.

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

  • summary of La Penale (The Fine);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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