This is an analysis of the poem An Invitation To Maecenas that begins with:
Dear, noble friend! a virgin cask
Of wine solicits your attention;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdeceff gefeheieii fjbjhgdghX ahbhXeceii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010101 010101010 11010111 111100010 11100101 010111110 11011101 1100101110 011001001 101010101 01010101 010101110 110010101 100111010 11110101 010101010 11110111 110101110 10011101 01010001 10010001 010101010 11110101 110101010 01110101 111101010 11111111 111111010 10011001 11011101 110111001 110111110 10011111 110101010 110011011 110111010 100111111 110101110 010010001 01010011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 346
- Average number of words per stanza: 64
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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