This is an analysis of the poem To Antiochos Epiphanis that begins with:

The young Antiochian said to the king:
'My heart pulses with a precious hope....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 011001001 111000101 010001001000 01000110011 10101111100110 01010100101 01001001001 1101111011001000 011101010 111010010010 111011000 10110101 01011100010 010001110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 592
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of To Antiochos Epiphanis;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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