This is an analysis of the poem When I Was Ill that begins with:
Beatus ille, qui procul negotiis – Horace:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbccddeeffeegecchhXbiiccjjhhgafhkkllhhjjggggccekcchh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,52,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10111010010 1001110101 0111111111 1101011101 0101101101 1101110101 1101010111 1101011101 0111111101 1011111100 1101100100 1011101001 0101110101 1101010101 1101111101 0101011101 1110111011 1101001101 1111010101 0101010111 1111111101 1101011111 1110011101 1101110101 1101011011 1111110011 01011111111 1101010111 1101110111 1011110011 1111110101 1100010110 0101010111 1101010101 1111010111 1111010101 1101110111 1001111111 0101110101 1010010111 0101111101 1111011101 0100011101 1111011111 0101110111 1011010011 1011111101 1111011111 1011111101 110101011101 1011010101 1011011111 0111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1183
- Average number of words per stanza: 216
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; should, s, when, nor, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words should, why, welcome are repeated.
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