This is an analysis of the poem Naenia that begins with:
Even the beauteous must die! This vanquishes men and immortals;
But of the Stygian god moves not the bosom of steel....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabcXXbXXcXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1001011010011010 10010011101001 1111011011010011 110111011001101 10110101001010 1010011001001 1101001001010110 11011011001101 1101001001010010 110010111011001 11101110010110 1010111100111 100110000100110100 110100110001011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 850
- Average number of words per stanza: 154
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, his are repeated.
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- summary of Naenia;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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