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

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THOU who stealest fire,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccbaDD XcXccCeXecffgg XChchghghciaiXXjdfjjkXkaDD XkkkadjkjXhggkhkllhcXkXhllh aachhhkkadchadkkdackXmkkamnaoaondafkXfgbhkhhkhhhlllXaDD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,14,26,27,55,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111010 0010001 010100111 1011010 1010101 11000100 11010100 1 11111001 10010100 1011110101 01011 1011000101 101011101 0110010111 1111 1101010101 01010111001 01011101101 1010011 0110101 1 1011000101 100101 100111001101 11010100101 1011 1100010001 01110100001 110111 0111010101 1101011101 0100010101 0101110101 001101000 111100 11000101110 1011010100 11110101 1111110111 110101111100 111100101 10001010100 010000 11010101 11000100 11010100 1 1111101 10010101001 1101010101 101101 100100 111110101 110111 0100110101 01010110 1001110111 01010101 11011101 11000111 011101111 1100010101 1000010101 01001111 0101000111 110111 111101001 001110101 01011 1011011101 100110101 110101 1100010111 1 110101001 0011001 11101 110101 0101 0101110 01010 10010111 1111110100 0101110100 01011011 1111011101 11101100100 10110111 010101 100100 110011111 111111010 11011101 011001110 0110110101 10010111 1011001101 11010110 1001110101 1100111 0111101 1010101 11001010111 1111010101 100101 11000100 0101010101 1010101 0101000101 1101010111 110001101 0110101 101100 10010101 0101 0101 010101010 11110011 0010101 111101110 101010010 11010101 01110101 01010101 11011001 11000100 11010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 717
  • Average number of words per stanza: 129
  • Amount of lines: 129
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, the, thou, from are repeated.

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