Analysis of Nostos Odysseus verse 2



Have you guessed which Akhaian Man
Won our War with his most daring Plan
Not Wanax Andron Agamemnon,
 nor Theanthropos Akhilleus
It was my dear Father, Sacker of Cities
Ithaka's true King, chosen Guasileus
 Odysseus
Here is how he came back to us
His Odyssey wrought by Hopes & Fears
A Journey Home of ten long Years
For darkname Destiny awaits Fate's Day
As each Man sails through kyan Okeanos'
 Spray
That he may find Keimelion he truly seeks
Or his Bones no longer bind & wash up,
 one by one, on wavecrushed Beach


Scheme AABCCCCCCCDCDCEF
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 1101111101 11101 111 1111101110 111101 0100 11111111 11001111 01011111 111000111 1111111 1 111111101 111110111 111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 502
Words 94
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 410
Words per stanza (avg) 94
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Submitted on August 15, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

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