This is an analysis of the poem The Vigil Of Love that begins with:

ILLA CANTAT: NOS TACEMUS: QUANDO VER VENIT MEUM?
QUANDO FIAM UTI CHELIDON, UT TACERE DESINAM?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX abbaabba cdXcdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10101100101101 10110100110100 100101001110100 11001100100100 1101101001100110 11111101101 01101110101 11010100101 0111111101 1101010101 0111010101 1110011101 1100011001 010010001 01111111010 11010011011 1111110101 100101010010 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 280
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of is repeated.

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