This is an analysis of the poem Pharsalia - Book Iii: Massilia that begins with:
With canvas yielding to the western wind
The navy sailed the deep, and every eye...
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdeefghigjklamkegcbjfcglngbfnlgoffedafnlnX oelnfad hknaafljeillbaap kdXlkffnagknakolegoflndfdkled agofdgdjlidafcX fgfifbnanafaeflfgakemekaaendeaalaidkXlffglnfqabedk qkgaplnekeadarX oaekirjgafofgkglg adffjokksblaeldkrskfikelkkkdkkgadfoggfknXtiXnfaagdeoka
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,7,16,29,15,50,15,17,64,6,18,26,20,16,65,18,17,8,33,27,3,44,14,7,80,45,13,22,12,19,16,61,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
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- Amount of stanzas: 33
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1116
- Average number of words per stanza: 199
- Amount of lines: 846
- 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; in, to, of, had, and, or, his, from, with, nor, thus, we, no, their, one, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words have, what, and, from, of, the, we, to, then, on are repeated.
The author used the same word but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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