This is an analysis of the poem Night Song Of Amalfi that begins with:

I asked the heaven of stars
What I should I give my love-- ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaBa XcBc ddbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001 1111111 0101010 1001 110101 1101001 0101010 1001 1111110 111111 1111110 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, give are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase silence connects the lines.

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  • summary of Night Song Of Amalfi;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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