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

DIFFERENCE OF OPINION WITH
LYGDAMUS...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX bXacXdX bXefcXgcXXXXcgdc dcXXeXchXXXc cXfghXXXdg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,7,16,12,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10000100 100 11011110110110 100 11011001010 100011110 11111001100000 10111100 01111111001 1100111010 1011110000 1101001011001 100100110000010 1100011 111001001 1110 1101001 11100 101101 1110010 11101011100 110110101 01000111011 101100110100011010 0100001111001 111001011 11010001000101 1010010100101001000 11110100101100 0110101001001 10101011011 101010 1111001010 1100110010 111111010 111111010 10011 11101001 1101001 10101100010 1011101 111101101 100 11110111100 110110010 10110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 300
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, her, 'she are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines moulted is repeated).

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