This is an analysis of the poem The Glory Of The Ptolemies that begins with:
I'm Lagides, king -through my power and wealth
complete master of the art of pleasure....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01001111011 0110001010 111010101001001 1100101010100 01001001100 101101101101 11001010010011 10011001001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 374
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
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