This is an analysis of the poem Phoebus With Admetus that begins with:

WHEN by Zeus relenting the mandate was revoked,
   Sentencing to exile the bright Sun-God, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcbDCBCefefbabaDCBC bgbggdgdDCBC hfhfhhXhDCBC aiaXbbbbDCBC jcjcbabaDCBC klklfbfbDCBC ememhahaDCBC hXhe bbbbhehehfhXkmkmdldXahahaiaihahaabaXlblbnbnb hXhe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,12,12,12,12,12,12,4,44,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111010011101 1000110111 100010010111 11101101001 100010110101 10101101100 101011010001 1000110111 10110 111111 1101010 111101 101010100101 1010110111 101010110001 11101011011 101010010101 10010100111 101011011111 1010110101 10110 111111 1101010 111101 1010101010111 1010100111 101110010101 1010101111 101010010111 1011000111 100010110101 1011100111 10110 111111 1101010 111101 101011010111 10010100111 1011100110101 1111100111 111010110101 1110100111 101010110111 110110111 10110 111111 1101010 111101 1010010110101 1010110111 1010011100001 1000111111 101011011101 10010100111 101011010101 10010101111 10110 111111 1101010 111101 111010110101 1010111111 101110111101 1010101111 101110111110 1111110111 111010110101 10010110111 10110 111111 1101010 111101 101010110101 10010111111 101110110101 1011110111 101011111111 110000101111 101010010110 1000110111 10110 111111 1101010 111101 101011110001 1110110101 111010010101 10101101111 111011111101 1111000111 110110010011 111110001011 10110 111111 1101010 111101 101110 1111100 11010 10101 11011101 11010011 10010111 11011101 110101010 00110101 110111110 11010111 010100111 11010111 10111101 11010101 11000101 11010101 11010101 11110101 111111001 11010111 01010101 01011100 01010111 01110101 10010101 01010101 11011101 11001111 11010101 01000111 01011101 01001101 11010101 11010001 01000111 11010101 11110111 11111101 11010101 01011101 11111101 010100101 0100011101 01011101 11111101 10011101 1101110 1111100 11011010 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 727
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • Amount of lines: 148
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, and, you, that, he are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word now at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word obscure at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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