This is an analysis of the poem Ogyges that begins with:

Stand out, swift-footed leaders of the horns,
And draw strong breath, and fill the hollowy cliff... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcadXeXfaeaeghaicfigfc hiejdXcbeaXcdffiaabkca claiaXlak mbgacfceemfgacdc XldafacgmgigXgmXmcXelgaaikacaajggiXie XXikdhfaXhfl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,22,9,16,37,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111010001 11111101001 0101010101 0101010101 110101101 1111010111 1101011100 1101111101 1101111100 0101100101 0101010101 1111011101 1101011101 11001010101 0101010001 11010100001 0101110011 1101110101 0101110111 11001010101 1101110101 0111010111 11011101001 11011111001 1001101101 0101010001 11011011111 1101010101 1101000111 1101010001 11000011101 11110101101 1100011101 0101010111 1101110111 1101010111 1101010101 11110010001 1101001111 01011010111 010101111 1101100111 1101111101 1111110101 01010011101 11010011100 1011010101 0101011101 0101110101 1100011101 11011100101 01010100010 0101011101 0101011111 110110111 11011101 1111110101 01000101001 1111000111 1101110001 0111010101 1101000100 1101010111 0111010101 1101010001 11001011101 1001010111 1101011101 1101110111 1101011101 0111011011 1111011100 1111110111 11010000111 01011100101 1101010111 11110010101 1101010011 0101010001 0101010101 1111011101 01011001001 0101110101 1101010101 1101010001 0101110101 100101010 1101010001 1101010101 1101010111 0101010101 0101110101 0101010101 11110001001 0101010101 10010010111 0101011101 1101000111 11010111 1101010101 1101001101 11010010101 1111010011 11011101101 0110000111 1111010001 0101000101 1101011101 11010010100 1101111000 1101011100 11001010101 0111111111 1111111101 0101010101 1101010111 1111010001 1111110101 11010011101 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 872
  • Average number of words per stanza: 162
  • Amount of lines: 120
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, thebe, to, sleep, live are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).

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