This is an analysis of the poem The Retinue Of Dionysos that begins with:
Damon the craftsman (none better
in the Peloponnese) is giving the last touches...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXXXcdeXbaXefcXbXdcfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010110 0010000100110 001010100 1010100110 00110010001 10110001011000 01010110101 0110010010 10100100 1111000 1011010 100011001100 011001001001 111011111010110 101111111 011111 001110001 0010101 110011 1000111010 11100111011 110010100100101 1100101100100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 881
- Average number of words per stanza: 156
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; in, and, to are repeated.
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