This is an analysis of the poem Virgil's First Eclogue that begins with:
MELIBOEUS.
Tityrus, thou in the shade of a spreading beech-tree reclining,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabcdef XghXXg XbiajXiXhgj XgbaebggX Xj Xfakjjeikl Xfmbba XXfXbheX Xjcfhibfgdjmbbb Xhegfi XXXXlXnbgXngjbXXaegX Xjbffb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,11,9,2,10,6,8,15,6,20,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100 1001001001011010 10000101010011 1110111010010 11101110010011 1001011001001 1010 100 11000111010010 110010101010010 10110101010110 111001011111111 11101011101010 100 10110111010111 01010110011111 10 10100101110011 110110111010110 100111101011110 1001001011110100 1110110010111010 1001001001010010 100110110110011 100 110001011111010 101001001110110 101011011010011 1111011111101 10 10011101110010 1001101001111010 10100101010100 100 111101001011011 100 100111101101010 100111111011010 111011110110011 1101001011010111 1101001111010011 10101111010011 10110111110010 10101111010010 10011101110010 100 1110111100011010 11111100100110 10 1001110110010011 10101001010010 100 1111110110010110 1111011010111010 1110110111100 1011101010110 11110101010010 1101110111111 10 100 1001111110011 11011111011010 11101001011010 11010111011010 1001001010010010 1001110101010 11101111010010 1010101010011 110110110100011 1001010001011011 10010110101100 10 1111110101110 10101101010011 100 11010111010010 1010101011011 1001010110001011 1001001101010010 1010111010110 100 1111101001010 1010110101010 10010010101100100 111100111010110 10101101010010 10010011100110 11 110101001111010 111010010011010 1101011111111 10 1100111110101 11 11111111101000 100111010110010 1101101001010010 1111111011111 10 111101011110100 100 100101010011111 110101111110010 10100111010010 101110010010010 100101011010011
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 424
- Average number of words per stanza: 75
- Amount of lines: 106
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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; i, me, tityrus, to, thy, of, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, nor, and are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).
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