This is an analysis of the poem Quintetto that begins with:
[To the tune of "Turning, turning, turning, as wheel goes round."]
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X X aabb C bdBD X edXd C BD X XdXd C BD X XXed C BD X XdXd C bD X bded CXBD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,2,1,4,1,2,1,4,1,2,1,4,1,2,1,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0010100101011110 100010100 110101111 0100010101 01011111010 11100101110 01 1101011100110 1111110111 1111010010010 11101000101 10100 11101010010001 11110101011 11011101111010 010101000101 01 1111010010010 11101000101 101 1101011011111 1010011001111 111111111101 1010101000101 01 1111010010010 11101000101 10100 111101000101110 1110111111 11101010010001 1111101000101 01 1111010010010 11101000101 10100 11111101111110 11011111111 1101011010111 1111101000101 01 111010010010 11101000101 10100100 110011011101110 11101011111 111101010101110 1011101000101 01 1111010010010 11101000101
- Amount of stanzas: 25
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 63
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; turning, finger, try, we, and, fly, ry, dry, dye are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, we'll are repeated.
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