This is an analysis of the poem Bkiv:Xv To Augustus that begins with:

Phoebus condemned my verse, when I tried to sing
of war and conquered cities, lest I unfurled...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabc daef bcag dXdb fcce XXeg echb Xchc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10011111101 01110101101 110110100 1100110111 00111101011 01001111010 010010010 1101010010 11101111001 11001001110 111011110 0101011101 0110101011 101110001100 010011001 0010101011 01001001110 010010011100 110110111 1001000101 01110010010 0110100101 1111010 1111110111 11011011101 01101010101 011111011 1100100111 10010011010 01101001101 111101101 1001010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; and, no, nor, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, nor are repeated.

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