This is an analysis of the poem From One Augur To Another that begins with:

So, Calchas, on the sacred Palatine,
You thought of Mopsus, and o'er wastes of sea ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcdcdeXeXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1101010101 11010110101 0101110101 1111010100 1101111011 1001111101 1101010111 01110101001 1010010111 010010101100 1101010101 0101010101 1111010110 1101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 638
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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.

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