This is an analysis of the poem Orpheus In Thrace that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccbbbbddbeceeXe fXgfbhhbbibiififXbbiiiiiaaejjeiijXkekeldldeaeadcdXmnnmnmkknencncnnnnnjjcbcbcbgbXX XgnngXagiianennen nbbnjlljniniaaaXejjmhhkkhhannXhhbb XcmXdbdbejejmnmnadbXdckkbcbbbbbbbddnnmamamalblb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,81,17,34,47,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 100101 1111001101 111111 011111 0110010101 1101010101 1011101 1010101 1011101 1001110111 1111101101 1101110001 11111 110111 1111110110 1111110001 10010111 1010101 1001101 1010001 10111010 11110101 1010101 10111110 1010001 1010101 0010111 1010101 1110101 1000111 1010101 11101001 11100110 10010101 0110101 1000101 1110101 10010101 1010101 01001101 101111111 11101111 1000101 1110111 1110111 1110111 1010101 1100101 1010101 11111101111111 0111010 100111 111010 100101 101101 1011101 0011101 0101111 11101101 010001011 1100101 1100111 11110101 1100101 10111111 0100100 110011110 00100101 1111111 1011110010 10111111 1010110010 1010010001 01011111 11011101 101001111 101001011 1011101 0011011001 1010111 1011111 1100111 1111001101 101101 1101111 111111 111111 11101001 0111011 111101011 11111111 10111001 11100101 100111111 11111001 11111100 11111111 1 111111 110110010111 101101 110101 100111110 11010100101 1000101 1010101 1110011 1111010101 11011000111 1101001111 11001 1111001 100011101 1111110111 1110111 11111010 11101110 1000111 101101010 101001001 1010011 10001010 1010111 10011101 1010101 1010101 1010111 1010111 1001111 1111111 1011101 1110111 1110010 10101010 10101111 11111011 0110100 1110101 1011101 1000101 1011101 01111111 10110001 1001000 01011101 11001101 01110101 1000011101101 011011100 0100111 1000110010 11001110 101111 101011011 11100111 11111001 0110111 101111 00110101 1100111 1010110 110101 110011010 1100101 1101111 010101 011001 011111 11011011 011010101 111011101 11111111 111111001 111111101 11111101 011111001 110011011 111001101 011110101 1110001001 11101111 11011 010011 11101111 00111111 10111010 11011001 1111101010 0110101 110110110 011011011 101011011011 011010010 1110100001001 1010110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1326
  • Average number of words per stanza: 246
  • Amount of lines: 197
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and, my, i, our, thee are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me, him are repeated).

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