This is an analysis of the poem On The March To Sinopi that begins with:

Mithridatis, glorious and powerful,
ruler of great cities,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeX bXf bX gdfaXebgdbecXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,2,15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001001100 100110 10011011 1010100101 100110010 101101 10001100100 0101101111 11110101010010 101100100 1010010100 011001000101 010111010111 101100100 10101001011101 010100101 1011011110101010 1110110100111 10110110011 0101000111 111001010111 1010100 1110000 00101010110010110010 11001011001001 11011110110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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