This is an analysis of the poem Song V. - On Every Tree, In Every Plain that begins with:

Ah! ego non aliter tristes evincere morbos
Optarem, quam te sic quoque velle putem.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX aabb ccbX ddee eeff ccee ggee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011001010010 1001111110 1100101001 1101000101 01010111 11110101 110011101 11110111 11011101 11010111 11011101 110101001 01011101 01010101 11111111 11011101 11011101 11011101 11110101 11011101 11011101 11110101 11111101 11010101 01111101 010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Song V. - On Every Tree, In Every Plain;
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