This is an analysis of the poem Homage To Sextus Propertius - V that begins with:
1
Now if ever it is time to cleanse Helicon;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcXbXdebfXXXedbXXXeabgX XdXhX hdbicfiXjX XeXdXgXgjkjbkXjbj XjajjfXaaafX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,5,10,17,12,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 101000101101 011001001 1011001001100101 01110100110110110 1010100101 010010100 010010110 0110010 111001110100010010 10111011010011010 110100011001101100 111101101000 1101010 1101001101110 1 1010010010001001 01010110 110111001111011 1110101001001001010 010110001011 0001010011010 1111001110101010 11000101100 10111011 1 111110111110110 1101110011 10010110101110011 110011101 01010010101101 111011 11001010010101010 011001010010011 10010001000111001 11111010 1011010011 11101010 11101111 111111010 11011010110100 101001100010111 1011100101010 110010 10111010 1010010010100 101010100100 10101101010101010100 1010110100100 10111010101100 110101001 1011 1110000010 10110 0110100101001001 010101010101001 0101011011010 111001110001001100 10010010010 1001010010010 1000101001011001 1011011001010 11111101010010 1 001001011100001 10001010 11110110 101110 01101001000
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 599
- Average number of words per stanza: 111
- Amount of lines: 69
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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, and, ', in, if, i, nor, of, without are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, there, nor, without are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
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