This is an analysis of the poem Ode To Melancholy that begins with:
SORC'RESS of the Cave profound!
Hence, with thy pale, and meagre train, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcca XXddceceee ffeegaageXdd cceeXgghaiaiff jbbjXcXh kbbkccXdeedbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,10,12,14,8,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1000101 1011111 111100101 11110101 1010101 110101 1011010 11110101 1011101 1010101 110101101 1010101 11010101 1011101 11010101 101101010101 11101111 1010101 1010101 1000101 11010101 10100101 1010101 1011101 101111 1010100 100100010001 111101110101 11110101 10010101 110111001 1010101 1011101 1010111 1000101 10101010 1010101 0111101 10010101 1010101 110101001 100101011001 1010101 010011101 01110101 010101 011111100 11010111 0101010011 1001011101010 11111111 01110111 11110101 11010101 1101001101 111101110111 1010111 1011101 1011101 01000111 11010101 010101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 332
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 62
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word her is repeated.
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