This is an analysis of the poem Homage To Sextus Propertius - Ix that begins with:
1
The twisted rhombs ceased their clamour of accompaniment;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaab c dXXXebcf XecbXXaXbbfcdffaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,8,17,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 0101111000100 0110100101 011010011010 101100111100 111111 101101100 11110010111111 1110101001 01111100 111010 1101011100111 10110010 1 100111110010 11011001 10110010 111011010101010 1101100100 1101001 100110100 1001010111010010 1111110111010 111011 11010110 1101110101001 11110110 01010010 11011011 0110110011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 30
- 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; she, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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