This is an analysis of the poem The Dying Seneca that begins with:
HE died not as the martyr dies,
Wrapped in his living shroud of flame;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc adedff eaeagg hXhXee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 10010101 111101001 10010101 01010001 010010101 11011101 11010101 11010101 010100101 110100101 01011101 01110101 01010101 11010101 101100100 01011101 11010101 11111111 11010101 110101001 11010111 01010101 011101011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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