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

Evening is part of the jig-saw truth of her,
ply-wood ply-flesh, her insolent reply...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabXb XXXbXcbbcc ddefeebfX Xbbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,10,9,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010011100 1111010001 10010011010 01001001001010 1011010100 10011100110 11010111011 10111101010 101101101101 1001001001011 01110101101 0101100011001 0101010101 10111010101 1001101101 11011011011011 1011111101 1111110001 11111111011 101100111001 11011110101 101101101110 01010111110 1001011101 0111010111 0 1111111 11111111 11111111 10110110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 322
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; where, and, round, two are repeated.

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

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

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