This is an analysis of the poem Homage To Sextus Propertius - Viii that begins with:
Jove, be merciful to that unfortunate woman
Or an ornamental death will be held to your debit,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcdXef gXddXdbXf eedbh XddeeX gXbhXbXXefccah
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,5,6,14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010001010010 11101010010110 010101101000 011101010001 10101010010 10101101 11000101101101000 11110010 1111001 110010101001000100010 001010101010 111001010010 11011001 10011111 00100100010 110111101 11011010011 01010011001 10101000101 111110101 100011110101 010011000110 10100100100 10001101 1010110010 101111001 1011101010 11010110 11110010 101110100100100 10001000100 101011100010 101000100 101101011010010 1101001011 1010101 1111101101 111110110111001 1101110110010 10110010110 00110010 1000101011010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, have, you are repeated.
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