This is an analysis of the poem Idem Latine Redditum that begins with:

Heu inimicitias quoties parit æmula forma,
Quam raro pulchrae, pulchra placere potest!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX X Xb a XX X X XXb X b XXX XXXX XXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,2,1,2,1,1,3,1,1,3,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000010101010 1101101010 11110010010 1111010111110 101010110010 1110010110001 1100110101001 10100100110 11110110010010010 10100110001 1101001101001 1110101010 10100101101010 111011100010 100101101000111 100101011010 111101001001 110110101010 10011011010 1101100111010 111101010010010 1111000110110 110101010010 111101011011 0101001001101010 10011001001010 1101000110101010 10010011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; et, tibi are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word et is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word s at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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