This is an analysis of the poem Mart. Lib. I. Epi. 14. that begins with:

MART. LIB. I. EPI. 14.
Casta suo gladium cum traderet Arria Paeto,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX X aabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111101 1011011001010 101000100101 1111011011010 11110110110 100 1111000101 0100110101 0101011111 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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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