Analysis of Sonetto
Giovanni Boccaccio 1313 (Certaldo) – 1375 (Certaldo)
BESIDE a fountain in a little grove
That fresh green fronds and pretty flowers did grace,
Three maidens sat and talked methinks of love.
Mid golden locks, o'ershadowing each sweet face,
For coolness was entwined a leaf-green spray,
And all the while a gentle zephyr played
Through green and golden in a tender way,
Weaving a web of sunshine and of shade.
After a while, unto the other two
One spoke, and I could hear her words: "Think you
That if our lovers were to happen by
We would all run away for very fright?"
The others answered her: "From such delight
She were a little fool who'd wish to fly!"
Scheme | ABCBDEDEFFGHHG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101000101 11110101011 110101111 11011111 1101010111 0101010101 1101000101 100111011 1001100101 1101110111 11101001101 1111011101 0101001101 1001011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 613 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 472 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 111 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 14, 2023
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