This is an analysis of the poem The Eighth Olympic Ode Of Pindar that begins with:

STROPHE I.
Olympia! Mother of heroic Games!... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXddee afcfceegg aefefhhiijffj XXfcfffhX Xebebbbff Xfdfdffggbffb Xdkdkffff Xglglbbee Xmbmbkkbbleel Xihihbbnn XlmXmffcc XibibiiggfXef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,13,9,9,13,9,9,13,9,9,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11 01001000101 1011000111 10110100101 0101011001 1101111101 01110101001 11010101001 100101110101 1001 1001000000 11010100101 11010110101 1111010101 0101110101 1111110101 110010100101 11001010010101 101 10001101 1111110101 1101010101 11110101 11010111001 1101100001 1010111 10011101 110001001 110100101 1011111 110111 11 11010101001 01001010101 01011100101 0101110101 11001010101 01010010101 0101111101 110101011001 1001 1101111110 1101011001 1101011001 0111001101 110101110010 11010101010 1101001101 01010110101001 101 1010111 1101010111 0101010101 11010101 0101010101 111010101 11000101 11010101 11110101 10111101 10010101 0101001 11 1101111101 1111110111 0011111111 0101110101 11011110101 01010100101 110100101001 0101001110101 1001 01010010101 0111010101 110110101 1110000101 1101110101 1101111001 1101010101 100101011001 101 10010101 1001100101 0111000101 010010101 1101010101 0101110101 01010111 010011101 11010101 11010101 111101001 010101 11 1101011111 1100011101 1100110101 1101011101 10010010111 01011111001 11110101001 010101110101 1001 100010101 10100101 111101001010 0111010101 1001010101 1101110001 01001000011 110101110101 101 10100101 0101010101 1010000101 11000101 11001011101 0101011101 11101001 11010101 11001101 11101010 11011101 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 400
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 124
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; of, to, thy, and are repeated.

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

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