This is an analysis of the poem Ave, Caesar! that begins with:

From the winter's grey despair,
From the summer's golden languor,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXab cdecXedXb XXXab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010101 00101010 101001 11110 010001001 10111 1111111001 11110010 111101 1011 11111110 1111111 1001010 00010101 00010101 10111010 101001 1011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words from, into are repeated.

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