This is an analysis of the poem Translation From Horace that begins with:
[Justum et tenacem propositi virum, &c.]
The man of firm and noble soul... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aabcbcddXXeeeeeaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011001000101 01011101 11010101 11010101 11100101 1010111 11010101 01010101 1101010101 11011101 10010001 01010101 110110001 01010101 01010101 010100101 1101001001 1101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 328
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.
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