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

Imagination's eyes
Outreach and distance far...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXcadedaaebXafadaaafbbffdfd eXegeegaheXhheaii fefejjcaXdXbdkbkXcakffakfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 29,17,26,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 100001 111101 01000101 110101000 100011001 0100010101 10010101 0101 001001 1101010101 1101000101 1101011001 111101010110 10010111010 1101010101 1101011100 0101010101 0101 00111111 010101001 11110101 10010101 11010101 01111101 11110001 011100100 01011101 01100001 11010101 1101 01000111000 0100101 1100110001 010111 100101 1101101001 11010101 1101100111 011011101 1101110100 11010111 0111010101 110101 011111 0101110011 1100110101 0111000100 1101000101 11000100101 11010101 11111101 010001 01010001 11110001001 010010000 0101001101 0100100 10011011011 111101 11010101 110101001 11010101 011110010000 01010001 00010001 11010011 1101 0100010001 1101110100 0011 01000010001 1111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 836
  • Average number of words per stanza: 136
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • 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; and, of, all are repeated.

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

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