Analysis of Caccia
Franco Sacchetti 1335 (Dubrovnik) – 1400 (San Miniato)
ONCE, deep in thought, I, passing 'neath some trees,
Beheld a troop of maidens gathering flowers;
One cried: 'Ah look'; another: 'Nay, see these,'
'What hast thou there? ' 'I doubt not lily-showers.'
'And here, I trow, are violets blue.'
A rose — woe's me, a thorn hath pricked my finger through! '
'Alas, alas! '
What's that in the grass? '
'A cricket.' 'Make haste,
Here are salads to taste.'
'No, no! '
'But it's so.'
97 'Thee and thee I will show
Where the mushrooms do grow:
And this is the way
For the wild-thyme spray.'
'Come homewards, it darkeneth and soon it will rain,
It lightens, it thunders, hark! vespers again! '
'But it's early still! '
'Lend an ear if you will.'
'The nightingale, I'll be bound.'
'I hear a louder sound.'
' 'Tis strange to me.'
'O what can it be? '
'Where, where? '
'Out there? '
'In the bushes.' Tic, toc.
Ever nearer the knock,
Till a snake crept out:
Then they turned about
In a wild affright:
'Ah me, sorry plight! '
'Alack aday! '
'Flee away! '
Then the rain poured down forlorn,
One slipped, another fell,
One trod upon a thorn,
Bossoms were spilled pell-mell,
Some cast aside, some left to lie,
Most fortunate who could swiftest fly:
And while I watched what they would do
The rain-shower drenched me through and through.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101110111 10111010010 1111010111 11111111010 011111001 011101111101 0101 11001 01011 111011 11 111 101111 101011 01101 10111 111101111 1101101101 11101 111111 0100111 110101 1111 11111 11 11 001011 101001 10111 11101 0011 11101 101 101 1011101 110101 110101 10111 11011111 110011101 01111111 011011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,273 |
Words | 247 |
Sentences | 28 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 42 |
Lines Amount | 42 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 906 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 233 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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