This is an analysis of the poem Letters To The Roman Friend that begins with:
From Martial
Now is windy and the waves are cresting over ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbb dXef gggX dfdf bdbf hbhi XjXf Xajb Xgja akek fdje jbbi bjkj jfjj fcfc Xdkd bcecXgjbk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010 101010111010 1010101010100 101011101010 101111100010 101011001010 111011111010 101010100110 101010100110 11001101110 1010011110100 11001101010 101010101100 011011100011 11111100010 101011100010 101010100010 111011101010 101110100110 111000100010 100111101101 101010110011 001011100100 101110111111 10110110011 101010101110 101011101010 110001100010 101010101010 101010101010 11010110010 111010001110 1111010101010 101010101100 101111101100 001100001110 001110101110 1110111110010 10101001110 111101101010 111110110110 11101110111 111110101110 101111101110 100100101110 100111100110 101010101010 101001101010 001001111111 101010100010 101011100111 111001101010 101010100010 111110101110 101111101010 001010110110 111111101010 101011100010 111010100110 101011110110 101111100010 111010100100 110110110 101110110011 1111011101 101110111010 101010101010 101011110010 1111001100100 0011111010100 101010110011 101111110010 101010001010
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 81
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, to, with, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word how is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase priestess connects the lines.
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