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

STROPHE I.
Whilst I rehearse the illustrious House's Praise,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcbbddee adadaffgghh aihihXjiibb XXijiXXccdd Xkgkgccbbgg Xkdkdllccff XXgXgkkddce Xiiiiiihhdd Xigigbbmmbb Xmbmbccddii XadadfXmmii Xbibihhggii agigiddaaii ahdhdjXccddXahdhdddhhbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,23,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11 110100100101 11000100101 0111010111 0101010101 11010100101 1001011101 1110000101 1111011101 11110111010 0101011010110 1001 1101001101 1011011101 1101011101 1101011101 11010100101 1101010001 10110101001 0101010111 111110101 1001010100101 101 11010101 0100010001 110101001 01000101 11010101 01010101 11011101 01010101 1011010101 110100101001010 11 01001010101 11011100101 1001011101 10110100101 1100110101 1101010101 1101011101 1101010101 0101110001 101111010001 1001 11010010101 0101010101 11011000101 1101010101 0101000101 1101111101 11100111001 010101101 1011010101 010101010001 101 101100101 1111010101 100100101 110100101 01010101 11011101 11110111 01010101 11011100111 110101110101 11 110010100110 1101010101 10110010111 0101001111 1101110101 1101010111 1100011111 0101110101 0101110101 0101011101010 1001 11001110011 1101010101 10110001101 01000010101 1111010101 01011101001 1101000101 10001011101 01001111101 111001010011 101 11010101 1101110101 1110011 10011001 11010101 01010101 0110101 01010011 1001010101 110101010101 11 011010101 1111010101 1001010111 11010101001 1011101001 1101010001 1101010101 11001010101 0111010111 110111010101 1001 01001011101 1101100101 0101010101 10010010101 01010101000 0100010110 1110000101 01001000101 1001010101 11000100100101 101 11001001 011000101 11010101 01000111 11010101 100011101 0110101 01010011 1101010101 11001010100101 11 1101010011 1111110101 0101010101 01000101 0101011101 1101110111 0101010101 10110101001 1101011111 110101010101 1001 11110010101 01010111010 1101111101 11110101010 1011110101 11001011101 1010010111 11011100101 10101001001 010111111001 101 10011101 1001010001 10011101 11000101 111101 110100101 11011101 01010111 0101011101 110101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 438
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 167
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; on, and are repeated.

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

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