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

WRITTEN FOR THE 22 OF AUGUST 1834—THE BERKSHIRE JUBILEE.
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  • Rhyme scheme: X abbacc dedeaaaccff gghhff iieejj kkllajll jmmjddjjmmjnn oeoekakajaaccj fjfj leleomomjjjjfjfjljlj glg lfff fmpoojjjjfoeo aaefffeXeoeomp
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,11,6,6,8,13,14,4,20,3,4,13,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 101010101011101 1001010101 1011110101 10110101001 1111010111 0111011001 110111010001 0111011111 11001110101 11010011101 1101100111 0111101101 01001010101 11111111001 0011001101 0111001101 1101101101 01011011101 0101110111 0011010111 111101011110 11110101010 10111001010 10010111110 110101010101 110111011111 1101010011001 011101010101 11001110001 1011011111 01010101 010101001 11011011110101001 1111010011011011 110111 1101101101 101101 010101 01011 111101 101111 0101 100101 110101 1101 001101 010111 111101 0101 1101110101 01001010111 10011111 1101000101 10011111 0101110101 110101 1110001 01010101 111101 11000111011101 0101010101 1101110111 1011010111 0101 0001 1111000101 010101 11111101001 010001 1011011101 1001101111 1111010101 1111010111 1111010101 1111000101 01011100111 1111001101 1011010101 1100010101 0101101101 1101001101 1111010101 1011000101 1101010101 1101110101 1101010101 1001011101 1001100101 01011101001 1111011101 1101111111 10010111001 1001011101 1101110101 01110101010 01010001101 11001101010 1111010101 0101010100 0011101111 1111011101 1111011101 11010011000 1001001100 1101010111 1101011101 1111011101 01100011111 0101110111 11 1111 0111 100101 111101 010101 0111 1111111101 1011011101 11001011111 1011011101 0100010111 01110010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 335
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 123
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, of, light, ye, to, hail, from, each, that, your are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Ode;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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