This is an analysis of the poem Horace To Maecenas that begins with:
How breaks my heart to hear you say
You feel the shadows fall about you!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcbaXddX deffefbggb dhaahXicci fbjjbXikki
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 110111011 01100 1111 1111111011 11110101 1111010100 1101 1101 110101011 11111001 110101010 1111 1111 1111010010 11010111 110101011 1001 0111 010101011 11100101 111001010 0101 1101 010101010 01011101 110111110 1001 1101 000111010 10111101 010111011 1111 0101 110111111 10011101 010101110 1101 0101 111111010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; you, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nor is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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- summary of Horace To Maecenas;
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