This is an analysis of the poem Homage To Sextus Propertius - Iii that begins with:

Midnight, and a letter comes to me from our mistress:
Telling me to come to Tibur:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabX cbdaecfXg cXechXbhbXeed Xfhe dcg XXgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,9,13,4,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101010110 10101010 11 11110110 1000110100111 10001010 110111001011 111111000110 1010110100 0100010010 110101000110010010 1110001 001011 101111011 10110001101110111 1001010 010110010 111101001 1101011000101011 01010010 101011010 100101010011 11111010 11111001 111010 1110001010110010 1000101 1010001011 1010110 11110111011 111111001110 1111110010010 011010011000 111101010010 1010101011010010 1110101010 0111100001 1101111111010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, my are repeated.

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

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