This is an analysis of the poem Felix Opportunitate Mortis that begins with:

Exile or Caesar? Death hath solved thy doubt,
And made thee certain of thy changeless fate;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaabccbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111011111 11110011001 1111110001 1001010101 1010011111 1110110001 1111011001 1000011101 11011110110 01001011101 1001010001 111001100010 1111110101 11010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 615
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • 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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