This is an analysis of the poem Ocean: An Ode. Concluding With A Wish. that begins with:

What do we see! Cato then become
A greater name in Britain than in Rome? ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXXccddaaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 111110101 0101010101 1111010101 1101010101 1001000101 100010101010 0111010101 1011010101 01001010101 1101010101 1011010101 0111110111 0101110101 1101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 603
  • Average number of words per stanza: 100
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, your are repeated.

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