This is an analysis of the poem Horace To Melpomene that begins with:
Lofty and enduring is the monument I've reared,--
Come, tempests, with your bitterness assailing;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd XeXe fbfb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010100010011 11001100010 11010101111101 10111111010 11110101111101 11110101010 11111100110111 11101100010 1011010011101110 11010111010 11110101011001 11010101010 0101100010111 10111101010 11010100110101 01010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.
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