This is an analysis of the poem Translation From Virgil. Æneid, Book Viii. Line 18. that begins with:

Thus Italy was moved -- nor did the chief
Æneas in his mind less tumult feel. ... full text

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 384,1,29,1,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3723
  • Average number of words per stanza: 650
  • Amount of lines: 425
  • 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; his, thy, and, they, to, of, thrice, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, my, they, how, a, of are repeated.

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  • summary of Translation From Virgil. Æneid, Book Viii. Line 18.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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