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

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Sweet rural scene! ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcddcXcceffeXggeddeXaaheehaXfaiIAaeecjjcXeIAebddbXBbjBbjXcXXbbfgggecceaggckkcXggfeefXllcddcXmmhaahXccffXfXfffbbfXjjmjjmXeennnnXjjiffeXffbffbXbbkbbkXffbddbXoojaajXkkeffiXffeffeXfffbbfXjjXnneXffXjjfXbbgjjgXccgddgXccbddbXffXdXfXjjbfgbXbbbeXbXppXaadXffccccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 429,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1101 0111 11011111 1101 1101 1100111011 1 0101 0101 11011101 0101 0101 11010001 1 1101 0111 11010111 1101 1101 11010001 1 1111 111 11110101 1101 1101 11000101 1 0110 0111 01001101 11010 11010 01110101 1 1101 1101 11010101 0101 0101 01010101 1 1101 11010 01110101 1101 01010101 1001 1101 1110101 1 0101 0101 01010001 0101 0101 11011101 1 1101 0110 11010110 1101 1101 11010101 1 1101 0101 011101001 1101 1101 01000101 1 1101 1101 01010101 1101 1101 10011101 1 0101 0101 01010101 1001 0101 110010101 1 1101 0101 110010011 11001 1001 111101011 1 0101 1101 11010101 1111 0101 010101001 1 1101 0101 110110101 1101 1101 1111001001 1 1101 1001 11110111 1101 1101 11101011 1 0101 0101 01011101 0101 0111 01010101 1 1101 0101 10010101 1101 1101 01010111 1 0111 0101 111111010 1101 0101 11011101 1 1101 0111 11011101 0101 1101 11010111 1 1101 1111 01011101 1101 0111 111000011 1 1111 0101 11011101 1101 0101 010010101 1 0101 1101 11011101 0101 1111 110100111 1 0101 1101 10110101 0101 1101 010111010 1 01001 0101 01011101 0101 1101 11110101 1 0101 0101 1010101011 1101 0111 01110001 1 11001 1111 011101010 1101 1101 11010101 1 1101 1101 11010101 11001 0101 11010101 1 1101 1101 11110101 1101 1101 11000101 1 0101 0101 010010100 1101 01001 11000101 1 01001 1111 11011101 0101 1101 00110101 1 0101 1111 010010110 0111 1101 11011101 1 1111 1111 01010001 11001 0101 11011001 1 0111 0101 0100101 1111 1101 11011001 1 1101 1101 110100101 1111 1111 11010101 1 01001 0101 01110111 1101 10101 11011101 1 1101 01001 11011101 1101 01001 11010101 1 1101 0101 11010101 0111 0101 110101110 1 0101 1101 010100001 11001 11001 010010101 1 0101 1101 010010101 0101 1101 11010011 1 0101 1101 11110001 0101 1101 11010001 1 1111 1111 01010101 1101 0101 010010011 1 1101 0101 01010001 1011 0101 11110011 1 1111 0101 100100101 1101 1100 11011101 1 11001 1101 11110101 1111 1101 010101 1 1111 1111 01010111 1111 1101 11110101 1 0101 1101 111100111 1111 1101 11011101 1 1111 1100 11010101 1101 01001 01011101 1 1001 1111 11110101 11010 1111 01010010 1 1101 0101 01011101 0101 1011 11010101 1 1101 1101 01011101 11001 0101 10010011 1 1101 0111 01010101 1111 1111 011101001 1 1101 0111 10110101 1101 0101 111100101 1 1111 1101 010010011 0101 1101 110101011 1 1111 1101 10011101 1111 1111 11010101 1 0101 1111 01011101 1011 0101 010010101 1 0101 0101 11111001 0111 1011 110101001 1 1101 0101 11010101 1101 0111 11010101 1 0101 1101 01000101 0101 1111 11010101 1 1110 0111 01010111 1101 0101 11110101 111 10111 10001 101010101 10101 10101 101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 13200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1621
  • Amount of lines: 429
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, main, her, now, nor, by, awake, as, our, how are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, the, their, with, how, now, and, whose, joys, nor, your, by, our, of, my are repeated.

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