This is an analysis of the poem Two Fragments Of Pindar’s Threni, that begins with:

Preserved By Plutarch
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  • Rhyme scheme: X abbbbccddbbXeffddbb Xbbaaddaaffaaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,19,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110 101010001 110110101 01010101 10010101 11010101 110000101 01010111 100111001 01010101 11010101 1100100011 110101010 11010101 110011101 111100101 10010101 11010101 01010011 11110001 1010100001 11010101 01010101 11110101 001000101 1010100101 01110101 11111001 01110101 11010111 01010101 11010101 010001001 11110101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 409
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Two Fragments Of Pindar’s Threni,;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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