This is an analysis of the poem Homage To Quintus Septimus Florentis Christianus that begins with:

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(Ex libris Graecæ)...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXb XcadeX XbfgcX XadXddd XfcX aeddXaXagg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,6,7,4,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1101 100001111 11110011010100 1110111001 1 01001011110010 0010101011 1101011101 110100010010 10 1 01111000101001 1111000101000100 11111010001 1101111100100 100 1 1 11110111011101 111010110 101101011011 0101010101010 1001011110 1100001111101 1011011 1111110 1001000 1 10110001001 11101110 1011110010 100 1 1000110010 101011111 110100100101001 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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, and are repeated.

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

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