This is an analysis of the poem Palmyra (1st Edition) that begins with:

---anankta ton pantôn huperbal-
lonta chronon makarôn.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX a bcbcXdedeXfXgeeeg X eehhhhidideejjekkeaX X ldlddbdbememmm X gagakkbbmmekfehheddeaakk a aXkkebbeededkf a bbbbjjmbbmbbelel X kkaabbeaeabebenn X hehkke X bebXeoeoeeXk l eeaabbeefkaa a hhfbbXheheheheododkk X ababeeffaamgmgmXppjjccc X kkaadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,1,17,1,20,1,14,1,24,1,14,1,16,1,16,1,6,1,12,1,12,1,20,1,23,1,8,1,15,1,24,1,16,1,20,1,16,1,20,1,10,1,16,1,14,1,16,1,14,1,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011100 101010 10111 1 10101010 1010111 10101010 1010101 110111100 11010101 11001010101 11010101 111001 01010101 010101110 01010111 01010100 10010111 01010101 01010001 11010100 1 110010101 11010101 1101010101 11010001 11010101 010101 1101110011 11001010101 1101111111 0101010101 111101001 11010101 1101 0101 110010101 1111 0101 0100101001 1111011101 10101011101010 1 11010101 11000111 01010111 01001101 010110101 11010101001 0100100101 010101 01010101 01011100101 01010101 0101010101 1101000101 010101010101 1 11101010 1010101 10101010 10101111 11011101 11010101 11011101 01010101 1111 1101 01010101 0101 01010 01010101 1101 0101 01001111 1101 1101 11110101 010010011 01001101 11110101 11111101 1 1101001001 11010110 01111001 0101011101 1101010101 1011000101 101101101 1100101 11011101 01010111 01110101 110101001 1101010001 0101011101010 1 1001011001 0101010101 0101000101 1101010101 00010101 01010101 010101 11010100 010010001 1101110101 11010101 11001010001 10100101 1001010101 0101000101 11010010101 1 11010101 11011101 11011101 11110101 11011001 011101001 110010010111 110111101001 1101011101 1101010101 11010010101 11011100101 1101011101 11010101101 1101010101 1101010100001 1 01011101 01001010111 11010110101 01010101 01010101 110101010101 1 11001001 0100011010 11010101 01010100 10001101 11011101 1111110101 11010101 110101 1111010101 01110101110 1001110111 1 11011111 01011101 110110101 1110101 11110101 01111101 11010101 11010111 100101010 1010101 01110101 11010101 1 1111 1101 110111010 1101 1101 01010011 110011001 11011101 01010101 01010101 1101111101 0111110101 1001010111 0101010001 1101110101 1101010101 1101110101 11010010001 11011110001 1111110101 1 0111010001 1101010101 0111000101 1111010101 11111001 1101101 110101010 010101010 01011101 1011101 11110011 010010100 01010101 011010100 11010001 01010100 01010111 110101001 01110101 01010101 1101 1101 11010101 1 101010101 11011101 11010001 11011101 110110001 1111001001 11010101 1110100101 1 10101010 1010101 101001010 10010101 1011101 1010101 10010101 10100101 01010101 010010100 01010101 01110100 01001 0101 010010100 1 1001101010 1001101 11101010 1010101 1110101 1010101 1011101 10100010 1011001 1010111 11101001 0010101 1010111 1110101 1111101 01010101 1010101 1110101 1110101 1110111 1101101 1011101 1100101 1010101 1 10110111 11010101 11010110101 10010111 11100001 110101010101 1010101 10101001 1101010101 1101010101 11011101 110101 1111010001 11110101011 1111010101 1101010101011 1 100010111 01010011 11110101 01100101 11010101 01011101 0101010101 11010001 011000111 010101 01011101 01010101 101010101 01010001 0101010 01010111 11010101 0010010 01001101100 01001011101010 1 11010101 111101 11011001 010101 11010101 11010101 11011101 01000101 11010101 01010001 11011101 10010111 01000101 010101 011111001 010011 1 10010101 010101 11010111 101101 1010101 01010111 1001101 11000101 1011101 1011101 11010101 11010101 11110101 01010111 1111 0111 01010101 0101 1101 01010100 1 00100111 1110011 110101010 11110111 01010101 1111111101 1101010101 1100011 01001110011 0011100111 1 01010001 11110101 0101011111 0111010101 110100100010 0101100 0101010101 0101111111 01010111010 110001 1101010111 0101010101 0111010101 11011010001 0101011101 10110001001 1 1010101 01010101 1101010101 01010111 11010101 110111 010010111 11011101 110001001 11111101 1101011101 101010100010 1111010111 1101000100 1 11011101 11010111 111101 01011101 01010101 110111 110101 110101 01101010101 111010101 11010101 0111010001 10010001 11010100111 10001000101 110101110101 1 100011111 111001101 11111101 11010101 1101001011 111101001 11110101 01010101 11110111 110110101 100001 11010101 01110101 111111 1 101011100 11010111 010101001 01010101 11011101 11010101 10110001 11010111 11011101 11110111 011101 1110110101 11010101 010101 11010101 111100111 1111010 01110101 11010101 01010101111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 51
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 456
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, her, thy, and, nor, as, then, in, falls are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, where, what, though, and, nor, who, must, as, then, her, that, thy are repeated.

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