This is an analysis of the poem The Stalling Of Q.H.F. that begins with:
Horace: Epode 14
"Mollis inertia cur tantam diffuderit imis"...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X X ababcdcd XbXbXXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101 1000101101000100 1001111101 01011101 0101101101 1111011 1111000100 1111111 0100110100 01110 0110101100 1001001 1000100100 11011001 1110011110 11101001 010010010 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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 you, the are repeated.
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