This is an analysis of the poem Pheidippides that begins with:
First I salute this soil of the blessed, river and rock!
Gods of my birthplace, dæmons and heroes, honour to all!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcddXab efghhgef ijakkaiX hllhhlhX lhaccalX mabeeXma XlnllnXX odkffkod epbXXbep lhkjXklX Xdhgghod fXXjjefX hgqnnqhX kXghhgkf lhebbelX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101010011011 1011111101001 111111111011001 10100100000111 10100110101011 111101011001110 1111111011011 0101100111011 10010110101101 11111100111011 10010010111011 1100011111011 1011111101101101 11111011101011 10101101101111011 1001100111111 00111111111011 101101010101011 100101001101101 1001110100101001 10011101100100101 10111111111101001 11111111100111 1111100111101 1110101101001 10010010001001001 1011001101001011 1011011001101011 100010110110111011 1011101111101 10111011001001 10111011001011 1110100111011 11011101111001 1001011011001011 11111111101001 101110111111001 011011101110001001 1100100101011001 1011101111010 10011110111110001 110111111101111 111011101101101 11101111111011 1111111101001 1111110010111100 110011001010011 1001111101011 1110111111011 111111110101 11110011100101 101111101111 1010101011001 11110011001101 110010101011111 10111001110010 1111101110101 10111101111001 10010010111001 1111001001001001 11110110111001 1001101011001101 1001100011100111 1011111011101011 10010011110001 1011010111001 10111000111001 1101010110101 1100101011111 1100011011001 1001110110011001 10010100101101 1011011111111 1001111001011001 1111010011111 1110111100111 001011110101111 110111110101001 1111100101111 110101111001101 111101000010010 1010011101011 101100100111001 1111101111011111 0110101101111011 101011101111 111111111110101 11101111110101 111001111001 11010011101010 101101001001001 1001011111011 0100101111001001 00010011111111 110100111001101 001011100101101 111001110101011 111011101001011 11101100111001 10010101111001 1001011111001 1011111111011 10110110111011 101100100101011 10001111101011 1110111111000 1100011101011 1001111111101 11101110110101 1101100101101011 1011101101111 100110011101 1001111101001 01100011101001 1010001001001011 111101101001101111 1101111101111001 11011001110001101 101100010101001 1001010001001101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 565
- Average number of words per stanza: 107
- Amount of lines: 122
- Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, to, athens, i, no, me, in, pan, my, his, he, god are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word athens is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase die connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Pheidippides;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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