This is an analysis of the poem Brother Filippo that begins with:

Ring on! Oh endless vesper bell!
What can you know of that deep Hell... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAa bbb bbb ccc ddd eee bbb fff ggg cXc ddd ccc ccc hhh fff fff eee ccc bbb fff ggg iii aaa jkk jjj llX hhh ddd kkj ddd mmm hXh ddd ccX fff ccc kkk cXX jjj jjjXaAaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110101 11110111 01011111 11110001 11011101 01010101 010101001 11011001 01010101 11010101 11010101 110101101 01011011 01010101 1111101 11001111 11010101 11010101 110101101 11110001 11110101 11100101 01010111 01011101 01101101 11010101 01110111 11010101 11010100 10011101 01000101 010101001 1011101 110101101 11000101 11011111 11111111 11111101 11000101 11010001 11010101 01110101 01010001 11011111 100010101 01010101 11110101 11010101 11110111 11110101 01010101 10011111 01010011 01011101 01010001 11111101 11110101 01110101 11010101 11010101 01010101 10011111 010011101 011101010 010101010 110111010 11011111 11111100 01110101 11010101 01010100 11110100 01110101 11100101 10010011 11011111 010010101 01110111 11010001 11110111 11010101 11010101 01010001 11110011 10010100 01011100 11111111 01010101 01010111 11010101 11100101 01110101 11000111 01110101 010000101 11010101 11111111 01000101 11010111 01011101 01010101 010101100 110101010 100111010 111101010 01110101 111100111 11010001 11111100 01010100 01010100 11010101 110010100 11111110 11011111 01011111 11110101 11111111 01111101 01010101 11110101 11110111 01011111 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 38
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 127
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, she, like, more, my, all are repeated.

    The author used the same words ring, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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