This is an analysis of the poem Bki:Xi Carpe Diem that begins with:
Leuconoë, don’t ask, we never know, what fate the gods grant us,
whether your fate or mine, don’t waste your time on Babylonian,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbaXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100111101110111 1011111111110100 1010101110010110 1010011110100011 10101000100110101 01110111011011101 010010010111010 10110010111101111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 520
- Average number of words per stanza: 95
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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More information about poems by Horace
- Analysis of Bkii:Vii A Friend Home From The Wars
- Analysis of Bkiii:V No Surrender
- Analysis of Bkii:Xi Don’t Ask
