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

STROPHE I.
The skilful Architect whose dædal hand... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcddceceff agbgbggdbdbhh aebebbebeddhhee Xieieffbjbjaa Xiciceecacakk Xblblececggggii Xbababbgegeee Xmemeeeababbb Xcbcbcfcfeeeeff Xfjfjeeecechh Xglglnnceceee XbbbbcecebX jjcc adhdhccblbldd acecekXdbdbllXaccccfififfggdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,13,15,13,13,15,13,13,15,13,13,11,4,13,29,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 010101111 10001010101 1011110101 1101110101 11100101 01010001001 010100111 110100101 110010101 01000101 1101110101 111001010101 1001 0011011101 0101010001 10010010101 1101111101 11001011 01001000111 01100101 110010101 100011001 110010101 1101010101 1101001110001 101 1101001010 01010101 1101001 1001010101 11110001 010011001 110010100101 110101000101 0101000101 11011100101 11010101 01010101 10110101001 110100101101 11 1111000101 0101010101 11010010101 1101101101 01011101 1101010101 011100101 11011001 11010101 11110101 1101010001 101001110101 1001 0110011101 0101000111 0111010101 0101110101 110100101 10001110111 0100101 01010101 10010101 1101010101 11100011101 010101010101 101 110100101 101001001 101001 001001001 1010101 10010111 01001101001 00101010001 1101010101 0101010101 11010101 110101101 1101010101 0100101111001 11 111010101 0101010111 1101011101 1101010101 10010101 1101010101 11110101 010010101 01010101 01011001 110100101 011001110101 1001 1100010101 0111010111 1101000101 01001110101 11010101 1001010101 100101001 100100101 110100101 01010101 0101110101 1001010100101 101 101010010 111001001 11001010010 1010101 01010101 11010111 1101111101 111000101 01001011101 1011010101 11010101 111101001 1110010101 1101011011001 11 0101010111 1011110111 1011011101 0100110101 110010101 11111001 01110101 10010101 11011101 110100101 11010100101 11010110101 1001 1101110101 10100101 1101010111 01010010111 110010101 110101001 11011001 01110101 110100101 0011101 10100001001 010101010101 101 1010101 1100101 1011101 01010001 01110101 0100001001 10001010101 1110010101 110100100101 11010001001 010111001 11011101 10111111001 001101010101 11 01010011111 0100011001 10011111001 1111010101 1110111 1100100101 11010101 01110001 11010101 0100101 0101000101 111101010101 1001 0100011001 10010100101 1101010101 0101010101 00110101 11010111 1010111 1110111 1111101 0010111 1111010101 011001110101 101 1000101 11000101 1010101 0100101 1010111 1011101 1101010101 1101010101 111100100101 1111110101 1000101 1011101 0101100101 11010010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 480
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 205
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; to, her, his are repeated.

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

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