This is an analysis of the poem An Ode To Himself that begins with:
Where dost thou careless lie,
Buried in ease and sloth?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXbb cdccdd acaacc aXXXXX efeXff gXgghh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 100111 101111 100100 000101 111111110101 1111001 111101 110111 110111 111101 0111110110101 011100 111101 101101 111111 111101 110101010101 110101 0100110 010100 11010 110110 110101011101 110111 101101 010101 11001110 010101 1101010100101 111101 100110 111001 011001 111101 10011110111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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