This is an analysis of the poem Athens: An Ode that begins with:

ERE from under earth again like fire the violet kindle, [Str. I.
Ere the holy buds and hoar on olive-branches bloom,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbddddbabaeeeeefefeeeefgfgfafa adhdififccccejejfkfklmlmmemeeded aaaeeennnfffoooeeeaaadddeeefffdddddd XpdpeaeXjjjjegegqmqmXmfmXdcdXoeo XiXimfmffqfqeeeeqpqpdXdcqdqdieie XddqqgmmmddddddgggqqXrrreeefffiiiggg XemeqfqfjfjfeoeocdcdcdcdeieXqdqd XpepdddXmgmghdhd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,32,36,32,32,36,32,32,36,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010111001001011 1010111110101 10100011101010 1111101110111 10111011101010 10101110100101 10101010111110 1110111011111 11110110101010 00100101111111 10100110111010 0110111111101 101010101111111 1011101011101 10111100100010 1001111011111 10101110111110 1010111111111 11101100101010 11101100101110 10101000010010010 101010000100101 11111110111110 11111011101011 101001010111010 1001111000111 10101011101010 101001111101001 10101110111010 1011101110111 11111101101010 1010011110111 11101011001011 11101010111 101010110010 10011010001 1011011110010 10011011100 101010101010 00110001111 010111101110 00101011101 011111111110 01111010111 0110011111010 00101010011 111110111110 11101001101 101010101110 10101111101 101110111110 10101010101 101111101110 10100110111 111110110011 101110111001 101011101110 10101111101 1110101011010 10101110111 101110111010 11101011101 10111110011 01111010111 10101110101110011 111011101110011 101111101011101 1110101101110101 101111101011101 1010101010100101 111101101110111 111011111011101 1011100110010111 1110111001111100 111011101110101 1111111010010111 001010100001101 111111101110101 111110111010101 111011101111111 111011101111101 101010101111101 1111101010111101 1111101001110110 1011101001110111 1010101110100101 101110101010111 1111110111100101 111010101011111 001001110010100001 1001010100010101 101011101010101 101110111110111 101101001111111 10011111010111 100100101110101 1111111010010101 101100001111101 101110100010001 111010111100101 10101001011111011 1010011010011 1110011101010 1110011011111 101011101010010 1010110010001 10101110111010 1011110001100 1010101101101110 1110101010001 10110010101110 1011101110101 101111111010010 1011111010111 101010111001110 1110101010101 00101011101110 1011101111011 00101111101110 10101011010101 10101011101100 1011101011111 11100101100101110 10101001100001 10111000101111 1010101111111 101011101010010 1010101100001 11100101011000 10111010101001 111001110100101 1001101101101 101100111010001011 10101010101 1101111111110 111010100101 1010011101010 11111010111 1010111110010 10111010101 101110101010 1111101010010 1010101010010 101010101010 11101001001010 11101011101 101000111010 11111011101 111110100010 10111010111 111111011110 11111111101 101110101110 1110101111100 1010011111010 10101110101 1110011101110 101010100111 101110111010 10111001011 111110111110 10101110111 100100101010 11111011101 101010101010110111 1010010101010111 1110011001010101 10010101011111010 10100111010111110 10111010101011110 1011111010111111 101011101011100 1111110101111101 1111111110101001 1010011101011111 111110101010101 101010100011101 101110101110101 11101110010101 11101101011111001 1011010101011101 100100101010101 1010111011101010 10101011101001010 101011101110010 111010111110111 111011110111111 101111101110111 1010000101010001 111110111110111 101011101110101 111110111011011 101011101010111 10101010010010111 111111101000101 111011101100011 101111101011101 101110101110101 101010111111101 100010111011101 1111101110110011 10101111100101 10101010101110 1011101011111 101010100101010 10100111010111 101110101001110 1110101010111 11111111101101 1011010010111 11111011011010 10011001100110 101100010101110 1011101010101 11111000110010 1010101111111 111011101001010 1110111011111 101011101011110 10111001010111 101011100101010 100110101011001 101010010111010 0011111010111 10101111101010 1110110111111 101001011101010 1011111100110 101001110111010 1110000110101 101001111111010 10010111011101 10111110110011 101110100011 101010100010 101110011101 1100100101010 10101010110 101011100010 101010100100 100110101010 10101111111 101000111110 101110111001 11110001001010 100101010101 1011101001010 10101011111 1110110101110 101110110110 10100011100010 10110010001 110010111100 10111101111 101000111010 101110100100 1010011111010 10101110111 1011101010010 11111010111 101010101010 101001011101 111110111010 00101110101 10111010101011111 101111101110101 101110100011101 1011111010100110 101110100110101 1110101011111001 101111111011111 111110100111100 111000100111111 011010111011111 101010101010011 101010101010101 101011101101101 1011101110011101 10010101001010100 111011001010111 1110101111101101 101110101111101 1111101001110101 10101111010111 101000100010001 1010111010111010 101011101111101 111010111110101 111111111010111 111110111010001 1010110101011101 1110111001010111 1010101011111 001011111010001 111010101010111 1011010100010101 111011101010101 101010101010101 111111111010111 101110100011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2019
  • Average number of words per stanza: 373
  • Amount of lines: 300
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ere, free, of, all, that, you, your, nor, be, and, light, these, s, gods, no, they, to, as, their, sang, she, far, than, us, love, her, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ere, round, since, how, all, if, as, they, but, she are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase pride connects the lines.

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