This is an analysis of the poem Orlando Furioso Canto 13 that begins with:

ARGUMENT
The Count Orlando of the damsel bland...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcbcdd efbgbgbcc Xbbbbbbaa Xgegegeee Xbhbhbhcc eijijijXX ekXkakakk XXlXbXXa Xmememlaa XdbdbebXa jbebebeeX ebababXbb Xdbdbdbbb Xebebebcc Xbbbbbbjj Xbbbbbbjj Xaiaiaibb Xabababee Xabababgg Xgagagaaa Xnininiaa XeglgeXkk Xagagagbb Xieieiejj Xbababaaa XbXbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,8,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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1111010101 1101010101 1101010101 0101011101 1 0101111111 0100010101 1101100100 1011010101 1101110110 1001011100 1101111001 0101110111 1 1001011101 0111011101 1111010101 0111011101 01111110001 1110110101 1100010101 1101010010 1 0101100101 0100010101 1101111101 0101011111 0111011101 11110000101 1011110111 1001010101 1 0101111101 1101010101 1111010101 1101110001 1001100101 1001010001 011111101 0101010101 1 0101001101 1101000101 1111110111 11011111001 10011010101 1101010111 0101010111 1101010101 1 1101011101 0101111111 1101111101 1111110101 1101010101 0101010101 0101111101 1111010001 1 1111110101 1111010101 0101010111 11010010101 1011010101 1101110101 10101111101 1001010101 1 1101110111 10110100101 1100111101 1001010101 1100010101 1001110101 0110010101 0101010111 1 1101010101 1111010111 0101010001 1101010101 1111110101 1101010101 0101110111 1101010101 1 0101000101 0111011111 11011101011 0111010101 1101111101 0111010101 01000100101 11010100101 1 1100100101 1011110101 1101010111 01000101001 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0101011101 1111011101 0111011001 1100011101 1011110110 1 1101010011 1101000101 0101111001 0101000111 1101010101 0001011111 0010010101 1101010101 1 11110010101 0011010101 1111000101 1111011111 1111110001 0111001101 001100101110 0101010001 1 1101010101 10011101001 1101010101 01001110001 1111010111 0111010111 0100110101 1101010001 1 1011110101 0101101101 1111111111 1111110101 1001011111 0101111111 1110011111 1111111111 1 1101011101 11001010101 0111110111 1001011111 0101010111 0111010101 1101010101 00110011111 1 10010001101 01001010100 1111010101 1101010100 0111010101 1101010100 1001010001 1111010101 111 1111011101 0011110101 1110010101 11000101100 1111110101 0111110101 1001010101 1101010101 1 1010010100 1101100101 1111110111 10010010101 1100100001 1011010101 1111010101 00010101001 1 1001000101 11111010110 01010010101 0101100101 0101010101 0011001100 000100001001 1111010101 1 10010100101 1101010001 1001010111 01010101001 1110010101 100101101 0010010101 1101010001 1 1101110101 1111110101 1111110111 0101100101 101011001 1100110111 1101010101 01001000101 1 1111110001 0011000101 1001010111 1001010001 1111110011 1101011001 1011010111 0111010001 1 1010011011 1001001101 1101010001 0101110100 1111001101 1101010001 10000010011 1111010101 1 11001010101 1001010100 1111011101 0101110100 1111000101 1011010101 1001010101 0101001101 1 1101000001 1001011101 1001011111 1001010011 0101010101 1101010100 1101110101 1001011101 1 1111011111 10010101001 1111010111 0111111101 1101110111 1111010101 1101110101 1111010011 1 10110010101 1101000111 0110101101 0101110101 1101010101 0101010101 1111010001 0011010110 1 1011000101 0101010101 0101111001 11001110101 0111010101 11110101001 110101001011 0100010101 1 111010100100 1010010001 110101001010 1001001001 10010100010 1101010111 01110110101 00010101010 1 1001010001 0110011111 1111010101 1110000101 1101010101 1101001001 1101010111 1001010110 1 1101010101 1011010101 1111001111 11110010111 0111110101 1101111001 11011100111 1101110101 1 11101011001 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  • Amount of stanzas: 84
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 344
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 755
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; in, i, my, and, to, his, of, for, her, by, or, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, as, the, of, from, or 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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