This is an analysis of the poem Pharsalia - Book Iv: Caesar In Spain. War In The Adriatic Sea. Death Of Curio. that begins with:

But in the distant regions of the earth
Fierce Caesar warring, though in fight he dealt...

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,27,39,39,13,16,12,42,10,12,34,22,8,8,26,25,22,28,3,45,27,20,19,11,32,29,58,100,6,25,15,49,51,7,4,29,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
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  • Amount of stanzas: 36
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 205
  • Amount of lines: 939
  • 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; and, let, of, their, in, ne'er, his, to, from, your, we, that, or, he, thou, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, with, their, the, they, in, and, who, his, to, no are repeated.

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