This is an analysis of the poem Ave Atque Vale that begins with:

THOROUGH waters, thorough nations I have come
To lay last offerings at your low abode,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbc cXcdXdbab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010111 01110011101 101001 010101 111111111 0101110111 010111 010100 1101010101 0101111111 111111 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Ave Atque Vale;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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