This is an analysis of the poem Item that begins with:
ITEM.
Ictu non potuit primo Cato solvere vitam;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XXXXXX X XXaabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,1,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 10 1011011101010 10010101010 10100100110010 100101001010 10001010100100 1011011010 010 1111110110 10001011101 1001010101 1011010111 1010010111 1101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his is repeated.
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