This is an analysis of the poem Orlando Furioso Canto 5 that begins with:

ARGUMENT
Lurcanio, by a false report abused,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbbbbcc ddedXdeff Xabababbb Xefefefaa Xgbgbgbhh dXfcfcfgg dbgbgbgaa XiaiaXaaa Xjbjbjbkk Xlflfdfmm hbbbbbbaa dbnbnbnbX Xdddlldjj Xbbbbbboo Xlkdfdfbb XamaXaXcc XaeXeaeff Xdllddlbb Xmamamabb Xbababaff Xaaaaaabb Xbnbnbnbb Xabababpp XbgXgbghh Xaeaeaeff Xdblb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,8,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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11010001001 1001110101 1100010001 1101001101 1101111101 1101010101 10010111001 1111100111 1 11011101001 0111010101 1111110111 10010101001 1111010011 1100100101 1101100101 1101110101 1 1111110101 01011100010 0100011101 11010101010 11010100011 1101010101 10010010101 1000111101 1 11110111110 1101010101 0111010101 1101010100 110010110010 11001110111 1000011101 01110101001 1101110101 1000110101 11011100100 1001010111 10010100011 1001010101 1001011001 1111010101 1 1111110101 1111011101 0010010111 1101110101 0111000101 1111011101 1111101100 11011011111 1 1101100101 1001010101 1011011101 1101010101 1111100100 1101011001 0011011111 1111011100 1 1111110111 1011010101 1101010101 1111010111 1001011101 01001011101 1101010101 1101110101 1 1010010101 1101001111 1101010101 0101110101 1111011101 1111011101 0101000111 110111101 1 1100010101 1011010101 0101000111 01111100001 1111010111 0111011110 1001001001 1101010111 1 0111010001 1100110101 1011001001 1001010001 1011110101 0100010101 0100010010 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  • Amount of stanzas: 93
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 344
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 836
  • 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; and, of, that, in, he, such, you, ', to, she, i, nor, his, me, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, to, nor, he, she, that are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' 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 scale connects the lines.

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