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

[I.]
Arise my Dove, from mid'st of Pots arise,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabba ccddd XeffeddddeeXXX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,14,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 0111010101 11010101 011101 0101010101101 11010101 110101 111101 110111 1101010110101 1 01010101110 1001110101 01111101 100100110 11010101 11010111 1111010001 1111011101 1110101 11010111 01010100 11010111 01110111 1 01010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • 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; and is repeated.

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  • summary of An Ode;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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