This is an analysis of the poem In Effigiem Oliveri Cromwell that begins with:

Haec est quae toties Inimicos Umbra fugavit,
At sub qua Cives Otia lenta terunt.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110100010100 11110101010 010101100 1000101001010 010100101010 101101011010 110101001010 101001110010 100100101011 11110010100010 11110100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 437
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of In Effigiem Oliveri Cromwell;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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