This is an analysis of the poem Ode. For The Fourth Of July that begins with:

A glorious vision burst
On Europe's dazzled sight,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabb cdcdee fccccc XaXacf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100101 110101 011111 0100101 11111101 01010101 110111 101101 110101 110101 1010110101 11011101 010100 100111 110111 0101001 10110101 01011101 101101 010111 111111 010101 10100100 01101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

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