This is an analysis of the poem To Cinna that begins with:

Cinna, the great Venusian told
In songs that will not die... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXacac dededede fcfcgcgc dhdhXebe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011001 011011 10100101 110101 01110101 111101 11010111 010111 10110011 111101 11110101 111101 11010101 010101 11011101 110101 01011101 110101 11011101 110101 01011101 010101 10110111 001101 11010101 110111 11011111 110101 10110100 100101 10010111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word cinna at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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