This is an analysis of the poem The Surprise Of Cremona that begins with:
From Milan to Cremona Duke Villeroy rode,
And soft are the beds in his princely abode; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcXdd dXXdddeX cceeaaff ggddhhii aajjffdd jjeeiiii ddiiccaa aaaXaaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 001010011001 11101001001 01011001001 11001101001 101011011001 011101101100 01101010111 01010011001 1110011101 11110110010 111110111011 101001001001 11001101001 101001010001 11001001001 1100101100011 11111001101 01101011001 11011011001 11111101001 100011101001 101101011001 1111010001101 011111011011 101110001001 11011011001 0111001011 111001011001 1101001010001 011010111111 11011011011 110011010011 111101011001 11011010001 1010010001011 01000101101 01001001001 11011101001 111001101111 111001001001 110111011001 110101101001 101001001001 101101101011 01001001011 11011101001 11001110001 11001001001 11111011001 011110011011 01101011111 11001011011 101001011001 101101100001 11011011001 101101101001 1100101101 11011011001 11001101001 010010011001 110110011001 11101101011 1100111111 010110010111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 382
- Average number of words per stanza: 68
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he, his, news, in, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, news, and are repeated.
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- summary of The Surprise Of Cremona;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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