This is an analysis of the poem Ode To Harmony that begins with:

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Immortal Harmony! thy heavenly strain... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcddefefaa XgdgdddcccchhddcXbb Xdddddhfddcciijj XeiXiaaiiddaX adfdhffbbajajkkll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,19,16,13,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 01010011001 101011111 110110101 00101010101 01101010101 1111010011110 11011101 110010101 01010101 11010101 11010101 100101010101 1 11010101 01010101 11010101 01010101 1010101 11000101 10010101 01011001 10010101 101010101 110101010 110101010 11110101 101100101 11010101 11011101 1010101 010101010101 1 11110101 10010001 100101001 10010101 010101 110101010 110010101 1110101 1011001001 11010101 0101001001 11010101 11110101 11011101 110101110101 1 11010101 01001011 110111001 1101001 11100101 11010101 11010101 11010101 00110101 01000101 11010101 010010100 1 11010101 01110101 11010101 0101010 110011101 01110101 11110101 1101110101 100101001 010101 110010001 110101 11000101 10010101 1101010101 10001011100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 531
  • Average number of words per stanza: 88
  • Amount of lines: 78
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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