This is an analysis of the poem From Lucretius that begins with:

Tis sweet to stand on the firm shore and see
A swimmer striving with the billows' breath;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdcecedd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1101101111 0101000101 1101011100 1111001101 1101110111 1101110001 1101000111 1111010101 1001110101 1101110101 0101010111 11010100111 1100110001 1101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 611
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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 is repeated.

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