This is an analysis of the poem Bki:I The Dedication: To Maecenas that begins with:

Maecenas, descendant of royal ancestors,
O my protector, and my sweet glory,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdaaXXXXXcadabXXbadXXXXaaaXaXXda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 35,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100010010110 1101011110 1101011001 01011011001 11001111011 1001111101 01001010100 0101101010 110110100100 110110010010 010110110010 110101101100 010101001001 010010010011 1101001101 10110111001 01010100100 10111110110 101011001110 100111110 100101010 1011101010 1001101110 11001011010 11101010010 1110011010 1111010110 1010010011 110011111 10100011110 1100101001 10110111000 10100101101001 10110101101010 1110010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1548
  • Average number of words per stanza: 290
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • 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; to, and, me are repeated.

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

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