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

Written by a deceased friend.
NOT for the promise of the labour'd field,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a aabccbdaaededfgfgaa bbbhhbiijjkkllggmXccmcaallddm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,19,29,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010011 11010001001 1100010101 111101 11010101 01010001 0101010101 11010101010 1101 111101 0101110101 10111011010 110001 11011001110 01011101 010111 010101001 010101 01111101 11011101 1111111111 101011101 11010101 0101010101 01011111 1110010101 11010111 01010001 1111010101 11010101 111101 11000101 010100100001 1101010101 1101111101 11010101 110101 11010010 110101001 0101110001 1101000101 1111000111 11111111 11011101 11101001 11010101 11111010 100010 1101001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 583
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words not, by are repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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