This is an analysis of the poem On The Flight Of Time that begins with:
Horace: Book I, Ode 2
"Tu ne quæsieris, scire nefas, quem, mihi, quem tibi"...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X X X abXb Xcac XdXXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101111 10111001101101100 1100 1110000010 1101101010 1110010011 1001001011 100111011010 1001001101 10010110010 1101011001 00010011010 1111101011 11010010000 1101011 111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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