This is an analysis of the poem Pharsalia - Book Vii: The Battle that begins with:
Ne'er to the summons of the Eternal laws
More slowly Titan rose, nor drave his steeds,...
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcdaeX bfgghgabagXcbcijgaghkijclbmbjnbmmgahmcgendibi bbjajobbjaddac XagchidcccdamlmgicimjaaabdjkggdmgX gdbicgegcbcdhcldjedbemjciamiggjaXcmgbpbamajjXmaiakjjdhhbjfdeghjnpqXXclacbgcaX ghrgdaajibabajigh iiabcbkjjgjaXagjgcdh maXhXgcmaeajjsiddjamdibelagacgchm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,45,14,34,77,17,20,34,24,118,9,55,4,89,28,20,36,17,35,13,26,37,39,23,19,20,36,33,51,25,33,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
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- Amount of stanzas: 32
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1408
- Average number of words per stanza: 254
- Amount of lines: 1038
- 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, to, their, and, of, thy, what, that, didst, or, in, there, for, this, all, they, your, her, nor, here, our, thou, he, should, by are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, and, the, now, your, an, shall, not, his, here, as, these 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.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines more is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases all, where, again connect the lines.
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