This is an analysis of the poem La Piggion De Casa (The Rent) that begins with:

Nun pòi sbajà ssi vòi. Qua ssu la dritta,
Ner comincio der Vicolo der Branca, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXXX XXX XaX X bXbc XXXX cdd XXX
  • 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: 1111111110 11001100110 101110101000 1101010101010 100101111000 110100101010 1010001000110 01001000110 1010110010100 11000110100 110100110010 110110010011100 101010111010 110111000100 10 1101101101 100100101 101111101 1100110010 1110101010100 1111101 110111101 01000111 11101100 10111011101 01000111011 1101100100111 10111011101 111110111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; er is repeated.

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  • summary of La Piggion De Casa (The Rent);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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