This is an analysis of the poem Pharsalia - Book Viii: Death Of Pompeius that begins with:

Now through Alcides' pass and Tempe's groves
Pompeius, aiming for Haemonian glens...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcdaebdfcbg hdbbahgibb dbjjaaidabkXlmc nmoXdaieXdaeapaeqd dibdiplgcrelmdbsbadtaqifljgbmfcigbaghljbhX aadhccapdjmghbbdoajbbcmabdehi bhddaaalbcceoligbmcbebbcnmdkiambbmbgaimgcgX dabbaegdgogdb parbalmebiqmicXbakcioadgimpacgpaX eieddbda agdbmeaXde ibdjbbaa a
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,10,15,18,42,29,43,13,33,8,10,8,37,5,15,28,29,27,143,4,19,83,5,32,38,19,29,32,36,24,37,39,20,39,36,28,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 36
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 224
  • Amount of lines: 1046
  • 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; of, his, and, her, thy, thee, mine, to, in, for, their, my, thou, or, from, he, by, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words for, the, may, of, and, how, be, in, nor, he, write, on, thy are 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 word/phrase thus connects the lines.

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