This is an analysis of the poem Rinaldo To Laura Maria that begins with:

THOU! whose sublime poetic art
Can pierce the pulses of the heart, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbaaddbbaa efgghhiiXjkklljjggmmiiiiddiinnoo ddddiiaanXnnggddffaaddeellXXkkppXddaagg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,32,39,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11010001 11010101 01000001 11110101 01010101 10011111 01010001 11011101 01010101 11110101 1100111001 10110101 11000111 11111101 10110111 110111001 100111101 10010101 10110001 10110101 11011101 10010101 11000110 11010010 11010111 11010111 101111101 01010101 11010001 11010101 010011001 11010101 11110101 11110101 010101001 10010101 010100101 11010101 010100101 10110101 11010001 11011101 01010111 11111101 11010101 11111101 111100101 11110101 11010111 11010101 11110101 11110101 10010101 11010001 01010101 11010101 010101010 110010101 10010101 11010101 10010101 10110001 11010101 111110101 11010101 11010111 01000101 1111011 01010101 11011111 01010101 11110011 11000101 11110001 11011101 11010101 11010101 11100101 110100001 11111101 101101111 11110101 11001011 11110110101 100111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 767
  • Average number of words per stanza: 136
  • Amount of lines: 86
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; my, what, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words can, what, where are repeated.

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