This is an analysis of the poem Pharsalia - Book Ii: The Flight Of Pompeius that begins with:

This was made plain the anger of the gods;
The universe gave signs Nature reversed...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdefbfXghahgfai ajfeeklbfbamXbm naaomagjcaXbajXk jobaeapamnjaambbfkffmjeeomo mfoaomebfaeehedqfbffbaepdabfobembadgfaaabeffqfaeaaljehbgafffjakmggajdbfaajrfflfbaf XgbmfffekiaomsqgdbjffgbllajadmXfgfjmfjmafm dfeejedfeeffmbgjmeffhdjodfjrejggfamfhgffmjpbh f
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,15,15,16,27,82,42,45,18,61,46,27,49,52,38,37,20,81,17,21,26,37,36,32,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1458
  • Average number of words per stanza: 262
  • Amount of lines: 843
  • 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, to, of, his, he, by, no, she, thy, me are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, of, were, thus, and, to, no, here, still, so are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same words ', main at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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