This is an analysis of the poem Virginibus Puerisque . . . that begins with:
I care not that one listen if he lives
For aught but life's romance, nor puts above ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacddcedaeda
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111110011 1111011101 1101000101 1101011101 11111101001 1101010101 1101010111 1101110111 11111101010 0101110101 1111001101 10010011010 1100011111 0101110011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 611
- Average number of words per stanza: 110
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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.
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