This is an analysis of the poem Ad Fabullium. Catul. Lib. I. Ep. 13. that begins with:

AD FABULLUM. CATUL. LIB. I. EP. 13.
Caenabis bene, mi Fabulle, apud me... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXXXXXXXXXXXXX X XaXXXabbccaadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101111 10010110101 1011111010 110100010110 101110010 110111100100 111010001010 1001011100 10100011000 11010010100 1110100001 110010111 1001001000 1111001100 101101010 100 1001011100 1000110101 0111010101 110110101 1111110100 1011110101 1111011101 0111110101 1101110111 1111011111 1011010101 110110101 0111011101 10011011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 288
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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