This is an analysis of the poem Ides Of March that begins with:
The Ides of March come.
Seven days preceding the 15th day...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXXcdcbca bdXXbbcXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010011 101010011 0100101 10100001010 110010010110 110010010 1101101 11101010111 010011101 11 01100 110101 1110110101 11001010011 111110 1001 1111111101 110101 1001010110110 11101 10101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 342
- Average number of words per stanza: 64
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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