This is an analysis of the poem Words Against Lesbia: To Furius And Aurelius that begins with:

Furius and Aurelius, you friends of Catullus,
whether he penetrates farthest India,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabcdXcbbdccXeccbdaaXbe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101100110100 10110110100 10101101 01100 101010011010 110110010 1101011 10010 11011011 10110100 0100101 1010110 110000010 11011101 1110001 11001 1011010000100 111100001 101110011 0110110111 11101 111010101 1000111 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 799
  • Average number of words per stanza: 140
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.

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