This is an analysis of the poem Immensis Orbitus Anguis that begins with:

Sibila lambebant linguis vibranlibas ora.
VIRGÍLIO...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXaXaXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010010100010 10 1 1001101111010100 11011011101010 1101100110001000 11011001111010 1001100100100 10010011100100 10101100100100 11100101101001010 110111001111000 01000101001100 100110001100 1110110100110100 10101000111010000 0100110101101110 1110100110100 100111010100 111100101100 1101001101000 1001111001101000 11100101100 11111111110 111100010101 1010101101111100 01011101011 11001101001010 11100111001110 011101001110 1010110101000 1 10100101101000 110001110100 10001001001 1011010111000 101001111100 101010100110 1010101001001010 110010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1646
  • Average number of words per stanza: 306
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, e, desce, quer are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word e is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Immensis Orbitus Anguis;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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