This is an analysis of the poem The Eleusinian Festival that begins with:

Wreathe in a garland the corn's golden ear!
With it, the Cyane [31] blue intertwine...

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbABcdcd efefgfgf efefhihi ahahjkjk bfbfedeX kckcljlX hfXfdmdX fefefXfm hkhXbbbX efefbbbX njhjlala kkkkfhfX baballll mmmmjbjb cccXcccc acaclflf alalfbfb lelefbfb gXgaalal lelefhfn lglghkhk lnXnbbbb fafXlflf fafahXhl lalablbl lalabebXXAbABbfbf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1001001101 000111001 1011011111 1011001001 1101101001 1011001011 1001100001 1011101001 1000101 1010001 1010111 1010111 00100001 1010101 0010101 1011111 10011001 1010001 1010101 1110111 1110111 110001001 1010101 1010101 1010101 1000111 1010101 10101101 1111101 10011101 1010101 100110111 10011101 0111101 1110101 100101001 1110101 1010101 1010101 101010100 10110101 0100101 0110100 1100101 0011101 1010111 1110111 111011100 101010110 1111101 0011100 1010011 0010101 10101001 1010101 11101100 1110101 1010001 1000101 1110101 1110111 0111100 1010101 1010111 1110101 1011101 10010111 0010110 1110101 1011101 0011001 100010100 1110101 0010101 00100101 1000111 1010101 1011101 1000101 1011110 1011100 1110101 1111111 1010101 0010111 10100111 1010111 1010101 100111101 1010101 1010111 11101001 1000101 1111111 1010111 1001100 1010101 1000101 00111001 101101 1000101 0010101 1011101 10101001 11010110110 1001001001 00010010010 11110100011 1101001011 1111010011 1001001101 1011001001 1010001 10011001 1011101 10101010 10100101 1111001 1010101 10101001 1011101 0010101 1000101 101111 1010111 1110101 1010101 1010101 0010101 1010101 1011111 1010101 1111001 11111001 1010101 1010100 0100111 10010111 11000101 00100111 10100101 1010101 10010101 0010101 1011101 10101110 1110001 1010111 1000101 1011110 1110111 1010111 10011101 00100101 1010101 1010101 10101101 1001101 1011101 1011100 10011101 1000101 1010101 0110101 0010111 1101111 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010100 1011100 1010100 010101 0110111 1010101 1010101 100101 1010111 1111011 1011000 1010101 1011111 1010101 1010101 0010101 1010111 1110101 0010011 1000101 11101100 1011101 10111010 1010100 1011101 1000100 1010101 1010101 1011101 1010101 1110101 10010101 1011101 1010101 1111101 1110101 1011111 1101101 11101110 1001001101 00011001 1011011111 1011001001 11111110110 1111001011 11110011010 0101101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 27
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 216
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; she, his, who are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, she are repeated.

    The author used the same words and, e'en at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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