Bkii:Iii One Ending by Horace: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Bkii:Iii One Ending that begins with:

When things are troublesome, always remember,
keep an even mind, and in prosperity...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbc defX XeXe geXX fehc hXbg dabX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110011010 11101100100 010011100 111011001 1011011111 10101001101 011101101 010110100 11111110101 11000110011 110101011 01001101010 10011011001 11111001010 101100101 1001101001 11011111110 11101101010 110011101 1100101111 1011011001 11010101010 101011100 101001010 01101000101 11111001110 110101111 0101101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, you, your are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.

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