Analysis of Homer's Hymn To Castor And Pollux
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
Ye wild-eyed Muses, sing the Twins of Jove,
Whom the fair-ankled Leda, mixed in love
With mighty Saturn’s Heaven-obscuring Child,
On Taygetus, that lofty mountain wild,
Brought forth in joy: mild Pollux, void of blame,
And steed-subduing Castor, heirs of fame.
These are the Powers who earth-born mortals save
And ships, whose flight is swift along the wave.
When wintry tempests o’er the savage sea
Are raging, and the sailors tremblingly
Call on the Twins of Jove with prayer and vow,
Gathered in fear upon the lofty prow,
And sacrifice with snow-white lambs,--the wind
And the huge billow bursting close behind,
Even then beneath the weltering waters bear
The staggering ship--they suddenly appear,
On yellow wings rushing athwart the sky,
And lull the blasts in mute tranquillity,
And strew the waves on the white Ocean’s bed,
Fair omen of the voyage; from toil and dread
The sailors rest, rejoicing in the sight,
And plough the quiet sea in safe delight.
Scheme | AABBCCAADEAFGGHIJBKKLL |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010111 101110101 11010100101 11110101 1101110111 0101010111 11010111101 0111110101 110110101 11000101 1101111101 1001010101 010111101 0011010101 1010101101 01001110001 1101100101 0101011 0101101101 11010101101 0101010001 0101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 956 |
Words | 163 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 22 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 761 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 160 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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