Analysis of Messer Dante A Messer Bruno

Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)



ESSENDO pazzo, il bue al guado intoppa,
E volta e sfugge e d'acqua và digiuno:
E tu, pittor, che come lui sei Bruno,
Temendo un detto, dici cosa zoppa.
Acqua di guado no, ma vino in coppa,
Domanda il labbro al timoroso core
Dovendo nominare il CREDITORE;
E manca il dir, chè la paura è troppa.
“Fatto” lo chiami; e più tremendo fatto
Che il creditore non dimostra il sole
Ad uomo sano, ovvero a bue ch'è matto.
Impazziti voltiamo le parole
Ieroglificamente in “gufo” o “gatto”;
E l'uom non osa dir quel che gli duole.


Scheme ABBAACCADEDEDE
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111 110111111 1111110110 1111101 111111010 111111 1111 11111111 1111111 1111111 111010111 11001 10111 111111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 529
Words 98
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 390
Words per stanza (avg) 96
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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