This is an analysis of The Friend's Shadow by Konstantin Nikolaevich Batiushkov.

Sunt aliquid manes; letum non omnia finit;
Luridaque evictos effugit umbra rogos.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXX aaabcdcdefefcgcXhihigcgcjeejabhheieibXaXakakcecedada
  • Stanza lengths: 3,52,
  • Metre: 110011011010 1001001001010 100 0101010101111 011011010101 11001110101011 110101011100 01010101010 110111110101 10010101110 011101110011 1101010101 110101100111 1101110111 1101010010101 1001001010010 111100110111 1011010101010 1011110011000 110101010 1111100101 01111001110 10010100101 1101011101 110111010 1010101011 1011100110010 1001011001 1001111101 0110010001 01111111001 11111101001 1011110100 1101110011 11000110110 110001110001 0111010101 0111011111 1110110111 11111110100 1101110101 1100011101 11110101010 110111011111 110101010101 0100110001 1101001101 01010101110 0101010111 11010101110 011101010111 1111011111 111111111111 1111111101 11010110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 57

Repeated words/phrases

and, my, thy, dream, that, of, i

Anaphora

, and, i

Epiphora

Anadiplosis