The entire ode has one great example of syntax and tht is the ode itself. The structure is that while explaining the variety of man's achievements the structure is just one big sentence. It is as if someone were talking and just listing achievements without taking a breath. On the other hand anfter explaining his limitations the stanza forms more sentences even exclamatory sentences and a question. These all help define the tones of, on one hand, reverence, and the other, fear or helplessness.
There are many examples of imagery in ode 1 of Antigone. The imagery also helps convey two different tones as did diction and syntax. These tones are reverence toward man's achievements and fear towards man's limitations. The "storm-grey" seas give a sense of powerfulness and unconquerability. The fact that man can have these rough waters yeild to his prow is an achievement. Also, the "huge crests" paralell to man's huge achievements during his rise and fall. The earth, another seemingly unconquerable element, is "graven" with "shining furrows". These must be able to be seen easily and by graven must mean that earth is covered with them. One van paint a picture of stallions working nonstop ot "timeless labor". In the second stanza "dim water" could men that man takes the fish from danger and bends them to his will in a safe habitat. The "lion on the hill" shows that the lion was on top and looking down on everything, but man has made him resign as well as the "windy-maned", or free, horse. The"blunt yoke" has made the powerful mountain bull the work-animal of man. These and others are examples of man's achievements. Man's limitations have their own imagery. Sophocles describes death as a wind. The wind can mean that it is cold, no life in it, and the fact that it is ever-blowing. Although man can stand in those rough winds he cannot stand up to the coldest, most lifeless, and unyeilding wind that is death. The tones conveyed from these examples show awe and helplessness.