This is an analysis of the poem Hymn To Apollo that begins with:

GOD of the golden bow,
And of the golden lyre,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcXbbdeedF ghXhcchiggiF XbdbXbbaeeaF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101 100101 100101 1001010 100 00101 11111 110110011111 110110 010110 11101111011 110010 0100111 0100111 0101001 11011001 01010 110010 1000001 11111011101 11111 101011 11111101001 110010 010101 100101 011101 0101101 010010 110111 11101 01101011101 111110 110110 11111001011 110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 398
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, golden, and, thy are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word apollo at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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