This is an analysis of Bkiv:Xiii You Too, Lyce by Horace.

BkIV:XIII You too, Lyce
Lyce, the gods have heard my prayers, the gods have…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X aXbc ddXX XeXX afee gbaX defcXgbff
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 10111 1011111011 111110111010 01001011 11111100 111111010100 101101101001 0100111 11011001 111100010101 111010111010 1111001 11011101 11011011010 101111101001 1101110 01001001 1010101110111 111010101011 1111101 11101011 101100110110 111111010110 1000100 0101100 010110111101 110101010010 0101101 1010110010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 29

Repeated words/phrases

lyce, and, of

Anadiplosis

lyce