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

Physician Nature! Let my spirit blood!
O ease my heart of verse and let me rest; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdd eeebbeee bfbfffgh XdXhhdhh iaihhaaa dgdccghg jkjllkXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0101011101 1111011111 1101111101 01001010111 0101110101 110111 1111111101 1011000101 1101110111 1111110100 0101111101 010101 110111 11010010101 10101 1111 1101011111 1110011101 11111000101 1101001 11111 0100110111 110100 010111 1011111101 01001000011 11010101001 011101 101111 01001010011 110100 010111 1011110011 1111011101 1011011101 110100 010101 10111100111 010101 111001 1101010001 01111111110 111100111001 110111 110101 11010101110 1100111 0100100 1011101101 01010110110 1101110101 100111 010001 11110111010 011111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • 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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, theme, and, as, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word as is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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