This is an analysis of Specimen Of Translation From The Ajax Of Sophocles by James Clerk Maxwell.
O had he first been swept away,
Through air by wild winds tossed,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcccddc cceeffbbggaahhaXbffhhcciiffjja
- Stanza lengths: 10,30,
- Metre: 11110101 111111 1101001001 010101 11010001 10010101 1100101 11110101 1101010001 110111 1010101 1010101 1010101 10101001 1010111 1000101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1011101 1010111 10000101 1111101 1010111 0100101 1111110 10100111 10111001 1110101 1110111 1010101 0010101 1111101 1110111 10010101 1010101 1010001 1010111 1010111 110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
to
Anaphora
hence
