This is an analysis of the poem The Last Elegy Of The Third Book Of Tibullus that begins with:
Propitious Bacchus come—so round thy brow
Be with the mystic vine the ivy wove;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdececfgfgegeghahaididicicjgjgcicikekedldlibibgigicecefdfd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 64,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101011111 0001010101 1101111101 11011101001 1111010101 10100101001 1111111101 1101011101 0111011101 1101011101 01010100101 11011100101 01010100101 0101110101 01001110101 1101010101 10111111001 1111110101 1001011101 0011000101 11010101001 0101110101 11010111001 010101101 1101111111 1101010101 1111110101 0101010101 111010111 1111010111 1101110101 1001110101 11011100001 1101001101 11110101001 1101010101 1111010101 0101010111 11001010111 1101010101 1001011001 111110111 1011111101 11010100111 1101010111 1011010101 1101111011 01010110101 0101100101 1101010001 1111011101 1101110101 1111010101 01010100101 1001011101 1001111001 1001111001 10010010111 0011101101 0101011111 11010101010 10010101001 01001111010 1110011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2842
- Average number of words per stanza: 511
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; come, thy, fly, his, to, her, tho', perfidious are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words fly, 'tis, ill, tho', perfidious are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase fly connects the lines.
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