This is an analysis of the poem Mortality that begins with:
O Nicias, not for us alone
Was laughing Eros born,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 110101 11011101 110101 0101011001 0111110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 6
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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