This is an analysis of the poem An Irregular Ode, After Sickness that begins with:

-Melius, bunny venerit ipsa, canemus.
-Virg.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXa b ccacca ddccec bbff ggcchhXcci iaiaiaaiffdd ccjjcX iiccXcjjaa ccaakjjk ccjggjXcaa geegagagcc ccccifieefaa ddhghgcc ccaajj jjjjjccjXdaad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,1,6,6,4,10,12,6,10,8,10,10,12,8,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010010100 1 1010 0111000101 11010001 110101111 110101 01110101 11010001 111101 10010101 11110101 010101 11110011 01000101 011001 11011101 100010101 11010111 010010101 1101110101 11110001001 11110101 11010101 0101110101 1011010101 011001 10010101001 10001001101 110011 1101110101 010100101 010100101 11011101 11110101 11010101 01010001 01100101 10010111 01010101 1011010111 1101011001001 1101110101 110101 0101010101 11010101 01011101 11111101010 01010111 11011101 1101010010 110101010 010101100 1110101 1101110101 110101 011100101 111101010101 110011111 11010101 111111001 11010101 11010010 11011101 01111101 01010010010 1101010101 1101111101 11111101001 110100111 11010101 110011 010101110 110010010 11010101 01010101 11110100111 11110111 1100111001 110111 1101010101 11010010101 11011100101 1101110101 1110010111 01010111001 111101001 010100111 11010101 0110100101 10110101 11010101 100101001 11010101 010100101 11001010101 110100101 111101001 110111 111010111 11100111 11011101 01111101 110100101 110100101 01001111101 1101001 01011101 110111001 11100101 10010101 11110101 11111001 01011101 11001010 01010101 11110101 11010111 01110101 1101010 11111101 11011101 10011101 1100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 125
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, to, not, and, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words convey, to, and are repeated.

    The author used the same words 'come, ah at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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