This is an analysis of the poem Fragment Of An Ode To Maia. Written On May Day 1818 that begins with:
Mother of Hermes! and still youthful Maia!
May I sing to thee ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabbcdcdbaba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 10010111010 11101 1111010101 11111 01000100111 1111010101 1111101101 1011100101 1111110101 1001011101 010111 1011111101 1011 1001010001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 508
- Average number of words per stanza: 96
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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