This is an analysis of the poem De Catone that begins with:

DE CATONE.
Invictus victis in partibus omnia Caesar... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XX X aa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001 1001001001010 10110110110 010 011000100101 1101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 48
  • Average number of words per stanza: 8
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of De Catone;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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