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

Your name is like the opening of a flow'r,
The forest's brief and pensive-petalled rose,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabacXbXbdcedeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010100001 01011101001 0100010111 11001 10110100 01010010101 1100011101 01011101010 1011110011 1100111 010100 1001010101 0101111101 101101 11010100101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 573
  • Average number of words per stanza: 103
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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.

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