This is an analysis of the poem De Puero Et Praecone. Catul. that begins with:
DE PUERO ET PRAECONE. CATUL.
Cum puero bello praeconem qui videt esse,... 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: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01011010 110101001101 110101110100 10 0011010101 1111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 50
- Average number of words per stanza: 9
- Amount of lines: 7
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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