This is an analysis of the poem Dolce Far Niente that begins with:
Over the bay as our boat went sailing
Under the skies of Augustine,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABXBcccbbAB X ABaBddXbbAB X ABaBeXebbAB X ABaBfffbbAB g ABaBhXhbbAB g XABaBbbbbbAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,12,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001111110 10010101 1001101010 10010101 1001111010 1001001010 1101101110 10110101 11111111 1100111110 10010101 1 1001111110 10010101 111001110 10010101 100111011 100111001 101111111 101111001 100110101 1100111110 10010101 1 1001111110 10010101 111101010 10010101 111011010 1111111 1011111010 11101101 110101101 1100111110 10010101 1 1001111110 10010101 1101001110 10010101 1011101010 1001101010 1111111010 110110111 10100111 1100111110 10010101 1 1001111110 10010101 1101001110 10010101 1001101010 1111001111 1001001010 100111111 1100111101 1100111110 10010101 1 1001111110 10010101 0111101110 10010101 1111011010 1111011010 1101111010 0110110111 100101101 1100111110 10010101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 81
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; of, your, that, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word was is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).
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- summary of Dolce Far Niente;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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