Analysis of Rime 104
Gaspara Stampa 1523 (Padua) – 1554 (Venice)
O night to me more splendid and more blessed
Than the most blessed and most splendid of days,
Night worthy of the most exalted praise,
Not just of mine, unworthy and distressed,
You alone have been the faithful giver
Of all my joys; you've made the bitter taste
Of this life sweet and dear, for you've replaced
Within my arms the one who's bound me ever.
I just regret that I did not become
Lucky Alemena then, for whom the dawn
Postponed, against all custom, its returning,
But I can never say such good has come
From you, clear night, for even now my song
Cannot subdue the matter of its yearning.
Scheme | ABBA CDDC EXFEXF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110011 1011011011 1101010101 1111010001 1011101010 1111110101 111101111 01110111110 1101111101 10111101 01011101010 1111011111 1111110111 10010101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 607 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 157 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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