This is an analysis of the poem A Festal Ode that begins with:

With sounds of happiness the deer
Browse on the celery of the meads....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Ababbcbcdd AbAbececaa AbAbfg fghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,6,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010001 110100001 01010101 01011101 01110101 11010101 11010111 01010101 11111101 11010101 01010001 01011001 11010111 01011101 00110101 100010111 01010101 11011101 11110101 11010111 01010001 01001001 11010111 11100101 11011111 010100001 10110111 01010101 110101001 00110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 273
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of A Festal Ode;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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