This is an analysis of the poem Ad Quintilianum that begins with:

O CHIEF director of the growing race,
Of Rome the glory and of Rome the grace,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101000101 0101010101 1110011101 0101111101 1101011111 10111101001 0101010101 1101111101 01011111 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 430
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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