This is an analysis of the poem Ode On The Present Times, 27th January 1795 that begins with:
Lo! Winter drives his horrors round;
Wide o'er the rugged soil they fly;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccddeeffdgdghhaiaijjddeeddekekfedcdchheefeddlXlbmmeeeeaannbbefXmamggmmnncc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 78,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 110010111 01111101 11010011 11011101 1111010101 00011101 11110101 11001101 01110111 1101010010 11111100110 11010101 11010111 11010101 11010011 111100101 0101000101 11011101 10010111 01011101 10010101 110100101 1111010101 11110101 10010111 11011001 110101001 11100101 1101011001 10111111 110011101 111101001 110010101 111101010 11001110001 11011101 01010111 010101101 11111111 11110111 1011110101 11111101 01110101 111111110 11110111 11010101 0101011101 1010011001 10011101 11011101 11011101 10010101 1101011001 11011111 11010101 11110101 11010101 01010101 0101010101 010100101 110101100 0111001001 01010101 11011101 01011111010 110101010 11010101 11010101 110101001 11010001 1111011101 11010101 10110101 10110011 010101001 01011101 10110101011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2948
- Average number of words per stanza: 516
- Amount of lines: 78
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, i, thy, her, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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