This is an analysis of the poem Bkiii:Vi Moral Decadence that begins with:

Romans, though you’re guiltless, you’ll still expiate
your fathers’ sins, till you’ve restored the temples,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbX babX Xcdb ddbb abcd ecbe bXbb aXfX dgaX bgab bcaa cXcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111011101 11011101010 1010010101 111001011 11011110101 11011010010 000110101 1110111100 010101100 11001110110 011110110 1101110 101101001110 01010101011 111011010 1111111010 11010010011 100010111111 010111001 101010101 01110101010 11001010101 1110001001 01001000110 10101010110 1101011011 110101010 10111011110 10011001111 01010101001 110110110 1010010001 01111010101 10110110011 11101111 0100110100 10010101010 10101000011 0100101111 1001001110 10111001011 11001001010 10010101 0001000100 1101011101 11111010101 101011101 1101111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; you, and, she, s are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, you are repeated.

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