This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 06 that begins with:

VI
Giovane piano, e semplicetto amante... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXXXXXXaXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1 1001011000010 111011001010 010011111010 101001010011 1010100010 0100100100110 1011110110110 110111111001010 101111100100 11001101101 1010011101010 1110010111 1100011111 11011100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 283
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • 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; e, d' are repeated.

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  • summary of Sonnet 06;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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