This is an analysis of the poem The Cranes Of Ibycus that begins with:
Once to the song and chariot-fight,
Where all the tribes of Greece unite...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbcccc bbccdbdb bbeeafaX ccffbgbg hhhhcicX aabXbcXc ccjjgegX jjaaXeXe kkaaegeg ccaahehe iiiiieXe ddcccbcl cCccmnmn cchhcgXg kkhhoioi blddgfgX aaaaijiX ddlbccCc aaaajXjh bbXXabal aahhacaX hhaacacX ppjjgjgj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 100111001 11010111 11010100 01110011 11010101 010111010 10111101 010101110 10001101 110101001 11010101 01010101 11011101 01111101 10110101 11010101 101011101 111101001 111101001 11000101 11001101 111111001 010011001 1001011000 111100101 11010101 11010111 110010101 11011101 11010111 01010101 01110101 11111111 11000101 11010111 11000101 101100101 10010101 100101001 110101100 11011111 110101101 11111111 11010100 101111111 01010101 0101011010 11111001 01011101 110111001 01010111 01011111 100011111 1101001001 01010101 010101100 01010111 11010100 11010001 110101001 100100111 01011111 01110101 100100101 11011001 01010101 01110111 11010101 11010111 111100101 110110101 11101101 01010111 111010101 11010001 11001001 01010111 01011011 11000101 11110001 11010101 11000111 11110111 01011101 11010101 01010101 0101001010 010101001 11010101 01110101 01010101 01000101 01010111 010010001 10011101 0101100 11110101 01110101 01000111 10010011 11010101 11010011 110101001 110010101 01010101 01110111 01100111 10111111 11010101 11010101 11110110 11010101 11000101 01110111 11010101 11010101 1100110010 01011111 0100101010 01111101 100011101 01010100 11110101 110101111 11011101 11010101 01011101 1101011100 100110111 11011101 01010101 11111111 11011101 11010101 100111101 111101010 110101101 11011001 100111100 10010001 11110101 100010011 01110101 11000111 01011111 11011101 11010111 11010101 11000100 010101100 11010111 11011111 11000111 01011101 1111100 010101000 010011111 110010011 11010101 01010100 1010001111 01110111 11110101 01010101 101001101 110101001 11111011 1101001010 11010101 11010101 110010101 100000101 01011101 010010101 11110101 1101011000 11111101 11011101 01010101 10010101 01011101 01010010 11010101 11010111
- Amount of stanzas: 23
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 184
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; his, he, and, from, who are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words both, and, the, from, that, of, what are repeated.
The author used the same words the, who at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines wood is repeated).
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