Bki:Xxiv A Lament For Quintilius by Horace: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Bki:Xxiv A Lament For Quintilius that begins with:

What limit, or restraint, should we show at the loss
of so dear a life? Melpomene, teach me, Muse,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbX XXXc dXXa bbXb Xdcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101111101 01101100111 010101101010 01101001 11011101100 110101010100 101001011101 10010010 101001111010 100101101011 1001101110101 11111001 100111010110 010111011001 11101011010 11000101 11101100101 111011010011 001110111000 11010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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; of is repeated.

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

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