This is an analysis of the poem Nero’s Incendiary Song that begins with:
Aweary unto death, my friends, a mood by wise abhorred,
Come to the novel feast I spread, thrice-consul, Nero, lord,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabX ccXX ddebe ffff ffee ffdd ffee gghh iihh ddXX jjkk hhXX eekkXhhcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10010111011101 10010111110101 01010001110100 11010101010100 11011100111111 11011101011101 11010111110101 011100100110101 1101010110101 1101010101001 110111000010111 01011101001110 1 11011101011001 0101011110101001 11010111101010 01011101111101 00111111010101 11011101110100 11110101010001 0101010101111 11010101010101 11110101111101 11010101010001 11111101111111 10010101111111 01010101110101 11010101110101 010101011101011 11010101011101 10010101111111 01011101111101 01010101010101 110011110111101 010101010110101 11011001110101 11010111110101 11110101010101 11011101011101 1111110101101001 10010011110111 11010001110101 011101001110111 01010111110101 011101011001001 10110111011101 01111101110101 111100110111010 11011101010101 11011101011101 110111010100111 10110111010101 01110101111101 11010101111101 11111101111101 01010101110101 1110110110011
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 57
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Nero’s Incendiary Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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