This is an analysis of the poem Hypnos On Ida that begins with:
[Iliad, B. XIV. V. 283]
They then to fountain-abundant Ida, mother of wild beasts,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XXXaXXaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001111 110100101010011 1111110011011110 110101111010011 111011010011010 1001011110011110 10001111011010010 101111101111010 111001111110010 1001101101011100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
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