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

O many-gulfed, unalterable one,
Whose deep sustains...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaccbdedefggcXfgXgbbgXdddcecehedhed ggdgXdXggXggdbdddabbbbbXcdbcbdcffXbeebg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,39,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010010001 1101 110111 1111011111 1110 110101 1101010111 01010101 11010101 01010101 1110010101 11010101 0101100101 0101000101 1101000100 1101 11111101 0101011101 0101111101 0101001 0110101 11010011 11010 011001 11010001 0111010101 11111011 11000010001 111101 1100001 1101001111 0111010001 010101 11111111 11011001 1101010101 1100001 1101010101 1100100101 11010101 1100110111 11001010111 11000 110101 1101110101 1111 01110001 10001010101 11110101 0101000101 11010101 011111 110001 10110011 11010100001 0101 100100101 110101 010000100 010101 1111 110101001 1111110101 1111010111 110101 11010001 11010110001 111001 1101 01110101001 11010101 11010001 1100010111 110101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1259
  • Average number of words per stanza: 212
  • Amount of lines: 75
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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 are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, and, the, what are repeated.

    The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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