This is an analysis of the poem Sic Transit Gloria Mundi that begins with:
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"Sic transit gloria mundi,"... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XXXa XbXb accc cded fbcb XXgX Xhdh cbeb icjc ikdk Xcjf aXeX fdgd XcXc ebeX XXgc dbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1010100100 10101010 101001000 111100 110010100 101101 111000100 111101 0111010 011101 11110100 110101 1011011 100101 1101010 111101 1101010 110101 1111010 011101 110100100 110011100 1101010 111001 1001010 110111 11110010 010111 1011010 010101 11010100 101101 0101110 110101 1100010 010001 0101010 0101001 1101010 011101 01000100 010001 1000010 010001 1101010 111101 11110010 1111010 0101110 011101 1001010 010001 0100011 010101 1101010 010111 0111110 110101 0111110 011101 0100110 0101010 1101110 110101 01000110 010100 1111000 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 69
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; oh, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words oh, hurrah, i, a are repeated.
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- summary of Sic Transit Gloria Mundi;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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