Avieni V. C. Ad Amicos by Richard Lovelace: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Avieni V. C. Ad Amicos that begins with:

AVIENI V. C. AD AMICOS.
Rure morans, quid agam, respondi, pauca rogatus:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXXXXX X aaXXXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,1,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111100 11011010010100 1110010011010 100110100100 11010110100 1101101010100 101010010111010 10101010101010 100 1001011011 1111111101 11011011100 1101011111 1110111101 1110110101 1111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; i is repeated.

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