This is an analysis of the poem Orlando Furioso Canto 20 that begins with:

ARGUMENT
Guido and his from that foul haunt retire,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdcbcee fgcgcXcbb Xgcgcgchh XigifighX Xjbjbjbkk fccccccaa fhbhbhbaX Xadadadfg XakakakaX Xflflflkk lagXfagkk fhahahabb XXckckchh Xmcmcmcii XfkXkfkcc Xaaaaaaff Xhkhkhkkk Xkckckckk Xkfkfkfaa XkfkgkfXa XagaXXgll Xchchchbb Xkbkbkbmm Xbababacc XafagagXk Xkkkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 145
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 345
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 1304
  • 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; to, her, their, some, and, in, of, or, all, that, i, we, with, he, my, from, ', she, by, as, those, his, who, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, to, the, a, that, she, one, stops, those, had are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ' connects the lines.

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