This is an analysis of the poem Li Frati D'Un Paese (The Friers Of The Village) that begins with:

Senti sto fatto. Un giorno de st'istate
Lavoravo ar convento de Genzano, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX X XXXX aXXX XXa bbX
  • 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: 10110110010 100011000100 11000101100 1001100100 1100011000 11110001100 10110111000 10001110011 1001001111000 1111000011010 1010111100 10101100010 11001110001000 1101010011000 10 1000101011011 111010101001001 111010100 101010 011010110 0101001110 0100101010111 1111000011 1101010100 010100101 1101101000 11010101 11110100011 110011010001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de is repeated.

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  • summary of Li Frati D'Un Paese (The Friers Of The Village);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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