This is an analysis of the poem Ode On Solitude that begins with:
Happy the man, whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc bdbd efefXfdfd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011111 01010101 10010101 0011 11011101 110110010 11010111 01010 11110001 101101101 01010101 1011 11111011 010111010 11001111 01010 11110101 11000111 10011101 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; whose, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words whose, thus are repeated.
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- summary of Ode On Solitude;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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