This is an analysis of the poem Ausonius Lib. Epig. that begins with:

AUSONIUS LIB. EPIG.
Trinarii quodam currentem in littoris ora... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXaa X aabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100110 10010100010010 10110010010 1100110110010001 1001101101010 100 10010010111 0101110111 1111011111 0101010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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