This is an analysis of the poem Overseas that begins with:

Non numero horas nisi serenas
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ababa aXaaa bcbcb adadX efXfe aXaXa ghghX Xfifi jajaXXgfgfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001010100 11110101 01110100 01000101 01011101 0101 11011101 01110101 01010101 110100101 1101 11010101 11011111 11010100 01110101 1001 01011101 11010101 01011101 11011111 11100 11010101 01010111 01000100 100010111 1101 11000101 01010100 11010111 01010101 1011 11011001 01010111 01010101 11010111 1100 11010111 11011101 11010011 110001011 0101 01011101 00100101 100010011 01010101 1101 01010111 01111111 01111111 00110101 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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