Of the kinds of words we have enumerated it may be observed that compounds are most in place in the dithyramb, strange words in heroic, and metaphors in iambic poetry.

在上面所列举的词的种类中，我们可以看到复合词常出现在酒神颂里，外词常出现在英雄诗里，隐喻常出现在抑扬诗歌里。