This is an analysis of the poem Prayer For His Lady’s Life that begins with:
FROM PROPERTIUS, ELEGIAE, LIB. III, 26
Here let thy clemency, Persephone, hold firm,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XABXB XXXXXa ABXB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 010010111 11110010011 11101111010 11010101110100 1111010101 010101011010 010010101010 11010111010 0010010110110 1101001110110 11101011010 11110010011 11101111010 1101001110100 1111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, you, and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word with is repeated.
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