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Ictu non potuit primo Cato solvere vitam;... full text

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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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