This is an analysis of the poem Libera Me that begins with:

Goddess the laughter-loving, Aphrodite, befriend!
Long have I served thine altars, serve me now at the end,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb ccc ddd bbb eee fff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010101001 1111110111101 1111011011011 1011111011011 1011101010011 1011001001101 1111101011011 1011111011011 10101011001001 10011110110011 1011011001011 1011101011011 1101101011111 1101011111111 1111001011011 1011111011001 1001101011110 1001011001111 1001010101001 1001011001111 10011110011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, have, thee, my, in, for, me are repeated.

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