This is an analysis of the poem The First Canzone Of The Convito that begins with:

From The Italian Of Dante
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bXcdcddcbaXef Xgcfcgffhiihjj XbbddbklemeXmm XmcmcmmmjccXfeXbdlgldggkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,13,14,14,25,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 00010010 1 11010001101 1010100111 1100010111 010111011011 1101011111 1111110101 10001111111 1111011111 1101110100 10010101001 1101110010 1110100011 1 0111110101 010110111 1101110111 010100101001 1011001101 1111101101 1101111101 1100010111 1111011101 1101010111 1111111100 1111011101 1111010001 1 0101111101 0011010111 1101010111 11010101101 1101111111 1101101110 100101100 11010101110 1111 11011111110 1101110 011110110101 1111111111 1 111111110 110111011 01001010111 1111011101 1101011111 1100110111 1111110011 11000010010 1111010011 0101101001 11011011000 1111110111 1100111100 1 1111111111 1101011100 0111011101 1010010111 1011001111 1101011101 111011101 1101101111 1101111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 436
  • Average number of words per stanza: 83
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, that, thou, how, wilt are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words let, thou are repeated.

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  • summary of The First Canzone Of The Convito;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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