This is an analysis of the poem Bkiii:Xv Too Old that begins with:
O, dear wife of poor Ibycus,
put an end to your wickedness, at last, and all...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXb ccdX cXXdXabcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101100 111011001111 01100101 11110010110 11001001 11000110101 111011 10111011101 10010010010 1010110101 01110100 01010010011 01111010 1001011111 101110001 10110111011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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