This is an analysis of the poem A Warning: To Aurelius that begins with:

I commend myself and my love to you,
Aurelius. I ask for modest indulgence,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXXdbbefXceXXffda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111101 10011110010 1011010010011 101100110 101011001 11100101001 0111011001 1010110 100101111 100010111 10011111011 11110101111 101101010011 1010011110 011011111 1111110010 11100110101 011011011101 10011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 788
  • Average number of words per stanza: 153
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to, and, as are repeated.

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