This is an analysis of the poem Ultima Thule: Jugurtha that begins with:
How cold are thy baths, Apollo!
Cried the African monarch, the splendid,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbabbA AXabbA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111010 1010011010 110010010 110011010 1001000010 11111010 11111010 1010011000 1010111010 001101010 101001110 11111010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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- Analysis of Virgil's First Eclogue
