This is an analysis of the poem Mart. Ep. Xv. Lib. 6. that begins with:
MART. EP. XV. LIB. 6.
Dum Phaetontea formica vagatur in umbra,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XXXX X aabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111 1100010100010 100101001010 10100101010100 100011011010 100 1011010111 0101010111 0101010111 1001110111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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