This is an analysis of the poem De Ligurra that begins with:
YOU fear, Ligurra - above all, you long -
That I should smite you with a stinging song.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc XXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1110001111 1111100101 0101011111 1101110111 0101010101 1111010101 1011010101 0111110101 1101110101 1000111111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; you is repeated.
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