This is an analysis of the poem Dimaratos that begins with:
His subject, 'The Character of Dimaratos',
which Porphyry proposed to him in conversation...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcXbdedbdXeaffddXddXdXXagahhXcgX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001110001000 1100010101010 11110110110 1100100010010 101000110 11010110 10101010 111000001000 101010010 111000100110100 10100100 101001110110010 111100101010 011001010100 11001110010010 1100101110010100 100111100100 010011010 11010101 111101110 11111100 111101000 111101100100 010010010 11110101 110011011010 10001011100 110011011010 1000110101 0111101011 00011010 11110100110010 11101101 1001111001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1400
- Average number of words per stanza: 244
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; to, much, it, joy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, he'll are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines joy is repeated).
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