This is an analysis of the poem Bkiv:Ix Lollius that begins with:

Don’t think that the words I speak to accompany
the lyre ( I, born near thunderous Aufidus,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbc dXXX deXf bggg XhXb Xhgb bhbi ehdd ahdg iXfX agga cfXg aXga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111011100100 01111100100 1011110001 0111001001 110101011 10101101000 01110010 1100101000 110111001 11010010011 11010110 01001101 1001010101 011100110100 100111101 0101010010 10101010110 0010011111 11101000 01011001001 01011101010 01111001001 010010101 1010111110 10111011011 11101000101 100110101 0100100101 10101001010 10001001011 010011011 11010101100 01000100100 11101110111 001110100 110011001 10010000101 01011101001 101000101 1011011011 01010001000 001010100100 101001001 1001100100 01101011011 11111001011 101011101 0101001001 11001010100 10101010011 110101101 1111011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, in, to are repeated.

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