This is an analysis of the poem Sigismond And Guiscardo. From Boccace that begins with:

While Norman Tancred in Salerno reigned,
The title of a gracious Prince he gained;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaa ccddccefaaccaaccaa gghhhbbaa aaaccaa ggaaaaaacciiaa aXccaajjccaacccckkaacc ddccccfXXabbaaaccccc aaee aahhccjjeeaaXdccjjggdd ccaabbaajj jjccaaaajjllaa aacceeccjjbbbhmmnnXedddjjj ccjj ddee jjaX aajj ccddaa jjbbeeddhXcXaaaaddcc ffaacceellmmcccccc ffll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,18,9,7,14,22,20,4,22,10,14,26,4,4,4,4,6,20,18,9,12,9,12,10,10,8,42,7,12,24,12,19,13,22,8,13,20,18,6,20,14,6,15,12,16,12,20,10,32,30,6,10,17,6,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 55
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 603
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 752
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and, her, he, had, to, of, she, not, my, i, thou, from, thy, in, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, a, and, 'my, 'had, 'one, 'for are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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