This is an analysis of the poem Ode For September that begins with:
On that long day when England held her breath,
Suddenly gripped at heart... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXacddbebebbb fgghfhiijfjfjcc hccahagghkhkhgg iffkikgglglglll Xbbgfgccbkbkbhh cmmgcghhfafafcX jcXbjbiibnbnbkk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,15,15,15,15,15,15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1111110101 100111 110101 010101110100 11011100101 10111001 1101001101010 10001101010 110101 110101 1111110101 010101010111 1011110101 010101 111101010011 1111010101 010011 110101 110101110101 0111011111 111101 1100010100 1111010100 1000101 001001 1011010111 101111010101 10010101001 110111 100101110111 0101010101 110101 010111 100101010101 1001010101 100101 11001010101 10011100111 100101 111101 10100010111 0111001110101 1101010011 100101 110111110111 10110101101 010001 100111 101101110001 1101011101 1111001 1101011101 1110011101 110111 100111 0101000101 110111010111 10001010001 1000001 01110110100101 01110101000 111111 1011111 100111110111 0101010111 1001111 1101110101 1111010111 1010111 100111 0101010111 010101010101 1111010101 001101 0101001010001 1011111111 110001 101101 101101101101 1101111100 010011 1101010101 01110101001 111001 110101 0101110101 101101110101 0110101111 110101 0101011011100 1101011101 100111 111101 011101010101 1011110110 010001 1101101111 0011000100 110111 110101 01010100101 011111110101 0001010111 110101 10110011101001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 585
- Average number of words per stanza: 107
- Amount of lines: 105
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, and, as, of, more, to, bear are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words now, and are repeated.
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