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

SWEET daughter of a rough and stormy fire,
Hoar Winter's blooming child; delightful Spring!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabc dcef cbeg hXab fXdi bbjg fbdb kjib klbb jcbb ldji XbfkXfheb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000111010 11010101001 110101 110111 0011000101 1011110101 110111 1111001 1111010101 1101110101 110101 111101 11010010101 0111011101 110101 111101 010011111001 0111010101 0101001 111101 011100111010 1111010101 110111 010111 11010010101 11111101001 011101 0101010 11110101001 11110111001 110101 110101 11011101001 0101010111 101101 101101 0111010101 0101011101 011101 001001 1011110111 1111010101 111101 010101 01011111100 1111010101 110101 111101 10111010101 1111011101 111111 0101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; and, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of Ode To Spring;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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