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
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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Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian author, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and important Renaissance humanist. more…

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