This is an analysis of the poem Bki:Xxii Singing Of Lalage (Integer Vitae) that begins with:
The man who is pure of life, and free of sin,
has no need, dear Fuscus, for Moorish javelins,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbc Xdcc ceXf Xdcc cbdf aXeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01101011101 111110110100 10110101010 01010 10011010010 11000100100 11011110010 10010 111100010100 01100011110 101100100110 01101 01011011100 10010011110 1110110011 100010 11110101111 010100101101 11100111011 10101 111001011010 101100101101 11001011010 11010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; through is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, a are repeated.
The author used the same word set at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Bki:Xxii Singing Of Lalage (Integer Vitae);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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