This is an analysis of the poem Ars Victrix that begins with:

YES; when the ways oppose—
When the hard means rebel, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc dbdb dede caca cfcf gXge eceX fhXh icic
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 101110 100111 110101 110110 0101001 110101 010111 100101 011101 111101 010001 101101 010101 010101 010011 101101 110101 0010101 011011 101111 110101 100101 010101 101101 111100 110111 100101 110101 010101 010101 01100 100111 100101 110010 110101 110111 110101 001101 000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.

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