This is an analysis of the poem "Ave Ceasar" that begins with:
Long ago the Gladiators,
When the call to combat came, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdXX aeaeXdXX fgfghdhX hfhfcdXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010 1010101 10101100 1010001 10100010 0011100 110101000 100010 10101100 1010101 10101010 1001111 11101110 1011101 101110000 100010 11001010 1010101 10101010 1110101 11111010 1011001 10111010 1000010 11101010 1010111 11111010 10100101 10111010 1111010 10101000 100010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, be are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word te at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of "Ave Ceasar";
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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