This is an analysis of the poem Herodis Attikos that begins with:

What glory, this, for Herodis Attikos!
Alexander of Selefkia, one of our better sophists,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXbcaaXdX XefdXfeebXfceaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001100100 101001001011010 11010010 1010010 011001001011011 11011011 01101010 1100010 10101011 10101001011 100010101 110111010100 0101101 101110101010100 101110 101001011100 01011100101 100110101001110 11001 110110010 11010101001010 1100111011 0101101 10101101 110011010 10010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 481
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word not is repeated.

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  • summary of Herodis Attikos;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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