This is an analysis of the poem Ode (O) that begins with:

O young and dear and tender sorceress!
Your delicate, slim hands...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaabcbdccdaaadadaad XXeXebbfXfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110100 110011 1001000101 0010111 0100101 0101110001 010101 110111 11010010111 1111111011 110101 1011010101 011001 11100010101 0111011101 1101110101 0111110101 0001010011 1011001101 011101 110111 111101 1011010101 110101 11011111001 111101 100011 0101010111 110101 00110011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 518
  • Average number of words per stanza: 90
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; your is repeated.

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

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