This is an analysis of the poem Everyday Characters Ii - Quince that begins with:

Fallentis semita vit*. — Hor.
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  • Rhyme scheme: X ababcdcd bebefgfg hihijkjk iXilcmcm hdhXaXaX hbhbnlnl jXjiiXiX okokcici pgpgekeX lblbbqbq hXhXlala rkrkedeX alalalaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10010011 10110001 110101010 11111111 010101110 11010111 010001110 01110011 101111110 10110111 011101110 11010001 110111010 11010011 110101010 11110101 1101001110 11010101 110101110 01010111 111100010 11011101 110101111 10111101 110101011 10011011 110101010 11010001 110101010 01010101 011101010 11010101 110111010 11010011 111100110 11011101 111101010 111101001 111101001 11010101 0111010011011 11100101 110101010 11100111 110001010 111000101 1001001010 11111101 001111010 100110111 101101010 11010101 111101110 0101100101 010101010 11000101 111111010 11111101 1101011101 11110111 011101111 01011101 0101010010 01010101 011101010 11010101 111011010 11110101 011101010 11010101 010111011 11000101 11110010111 11111011 010111110 10110111 011001010 110010101 010111010 11011100 011111010 11111111 111101010 11111111 10011011 10110101 1111000010 11111101 1110100110 11111101 110101011 11010111 011111111 01010111 1111101010 11010111 110111000 110110111 110101010 011011111 101111110 11111101 110111010 11110111 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 106
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, his, to, he, ', i, him, my are repeated.

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

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