This is an analysis of the poem Pharsalia - Book Ix: Cato that begins with:

Yet in those ashes on the Pharian shore,
In that small heap of dust, was not confined...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdadbefghgbijcjjdhcccgbX jfhjbcbjkeabglchaXcfmlcjbbjafmlajcbnejm flahhlobjmjdjjbbcfhfpjnmcgXbcadfdbabaghlalabajbefiqjpcghfkebbdpabcbeX rkjcgdp fbafpbkobeb facodijbbcggbgpcsccbjojhpX jpjjkjbaftjgbbbpjbdbjgsX chq aacfesmcrbgokabhejjX bpjjeaacuoffcjhjbbXaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,39,69,7,11,26,24,3,20,42,42,39,12,26,51,10,42,38,39,18,16,41,23,29,3,23,16,5,89,41,34,32,18,11,7,7,8,7,51,12,23,35,16,40,10,18,45,38,59,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 50
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 209
  • Amount of lines: 1340
  • 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; his, and, nor, in, to, he, our, for, your, from, their, of, my, me, sees, that, we, them, her, what, they, more, on, with, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nor, and, here, thy, i, of, the, first, to, in, thus, there, he are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines life is repeated).

    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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