This is an analysis of the poem Bkiii:Xviii To Faunus that begins with:

Faunus, the lover of Nymphs who are fleeing,
may you pass gently over my boundaries,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabc bcXX cXab aaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010011110 11110101100 11011111101 01111 01010010101 010101001101 101010100110 10001 10110100101 10100100111 01010100001 10101 01100100101 1101101011 01001010011 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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; my, of are repeated.

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