This is an analysis of the poem Horatian Epode To The Duchess Of Malfi that begins with:

Duchess: Who am I?
Bosola: Thou art a box of worm-seed, at best but a...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xab cXXaX dXbX Xbcc edXX ceeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 10011010111110 10000110 01001001010 11111111000 1001010011010 11110010000 1101 10101001 0111100100 01001010010100 1100110110100 1111010111 1111100 1111001000101 111111 1010100011010 11101100011 101101010 0011000 00110100100 111001110 0111110110 10100100110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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 is repeated.

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