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

STROPHE I.
The Lay Archilochus prepar'd, the meed... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbbbcbcXd abXbcefefff affgghhbbbfbf XhbhbaXafii Xjgjgibibcc Xbbkkggggfkfk XXcdcbhbhfX Xfgfgjfjfbb Xbbcc ffllfafa XibXbkgkggg Xbbbbgigicc Xhhmmcchhgggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,13,11,11,13,11,11,5,8,11,11,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11 0110000101 010010101001 1101110001 1100010101 100111101 01001010001 0101010001 0101010101 1101010101 110101010001 1001 01001110101 11010101010 1101110101 0101010101 0111010101 1011000101 0110010001 1101000101 010010110111 1100101100101 101 11010101 11011101 11010101001 1011010101 01010001 1100101010001 01010101 11010110101 110011111 1001001001 110011001 11010101 11 1010100101 0101100101 1001010101 110101111 1111010101 11010001100 11011100101 100010110001 1101010101 1101010100101 1001 1111000111 010100001001 1100011101 1011000101 1001010101 11001010101 1001110111 0101010111 1111110101 110101110101 101 01101011 01010101 11001010111 1101011101 11110101 010101110101 01011001 1101010101 111010001 011000101 11110101 01010111 11 1011010101 010100101 1101000101 0100010111 01110001001 1101010111 0101010101 10011101001 1011011101 110101110101 1001 11010011010 0101110011 110100101010 10010101001 110101101 1111100101 1101010101 1101010001 1101010101 0101010100101 101 01010111 001001001 0101100101 0111010101 11111101 100101010101 110101100 0101010111 11011101 10001111 11101101 01001101 11 1100011101 1101110101 1011010101 1100110101 1111010011 1100010101 10010011101 1001010101 1001010101 0101001010101 1001 1010110101 1110011101 011011101 0101011101 101111001 1101011101 1111010101 1101010101 1101011111 0100101111101 101 110010101 110010101 01001010111 1111010101 10111101 1101001010101 110101101 11010111101 11001101 101101001 11111101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 431
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 140
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, their, her, his, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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