This is an analysis of the poem Bkiv:Ii Augustus’s Return that begins with:
Iulus, whoever tries to rival Pindar,
flies on waxen wings, with Daedalean art,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabc cdef gddc ghca Xggc XabX chci cbdi fcjc ihjh Xcbc agkh lldc ciakXcfje
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010101010 1110101001 10111100101 01010 10101010010 101110101001 110111001010 11110 10010100101 10111100010 10010100101 1101 11011111010 01111011101 11101010010 01010 1101101110 11101101101 10010111001 01011 11101110010 110010001010 01010100100 01010 101000100110 0101010010 01011101110 0010 0010100111 10010010101 110010101101 01010 101001101001 101000111111 01011001001 01010 11110111010 11101110001 11001010011 011101 11011011010 10111101001 01001111010 10110 10111011001 1011111001 01110111011 10001 11110111010 11110111010 10100111001 00101 11001111101 10101111010 11010111011 11011 100001101010 00101101110 01011101001 10110
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 60
- 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; to, his, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word or at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines triumph is repeated).
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More information about poems by Horace
- Analysis of Bkiv:Vii Diffugere Nives
- Analysis of Bkiii:Xiv Augustus Returns
- Analysis of Bkiii:Xv Too Old
