This is an analysis of the poem Pharsalia - Book Vi: The Fight Near Dyrhachium. Scaeva's Exploits. The Witch Of Thessalia. that begins with:

Now that the chiefs with minds intent on fight
Had drawn their armies near upon the hills...

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,46,63,11,14,140,17,15,10,7,15,24,58,40,97,18,47,20,28,21,24,20,31,65,22,15,31,70,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 29
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1486
  • Average number of words per stanza: 265
  • Amount of lines: 1002
  • 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; to, his, her, and, nor, or, had, in, their, of, no, thee, here, thy, your are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, nor, of, to, the, here, ye are repeated.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases fly, mine connect the lines.

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  • summary of Pharsalia - Book Vi: The Fight Near Dyrhachium. Scaeva's Exploits. The Witch Of Thessalia.;
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