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

Lo, in the sanctuaried East,
Day, a dedicated priest... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbcXcaaXaXaXaXXXdeefeghhghXiifjfjhhaacc jaahgghaakkha lglgcicilCliCmcmccXcnXn afafahmhmaacaanjXngagoaaccoookhkhhcXhobohjckcoj fkaffkkXjkbiibckciiikXccbppihhX ppiiqnnqqglgoolaalrXlllaairadadaXaagalga lllkcacaXckjjjjX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 41,13,23,47,31,40,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001001 1010001 0101010010 10101010 01010110101 11110010 1101010101 11011001 010101001 11011010 011100100101 010001010 11110001001 01010101010 0101010001 1100010 1101010 11110100 01100111 1111111 10111001 10101010 1001100101 01111101 010111010 100101010 1111111101 11011100 0100010001 110100001 0111001 11011101 11011001011 11010101 11001010111 11101010 10101010 110111001 0101001101 010100010001 1111001010101 11011011 1101101 010100101 111100110 1100011101 11010111 11010100010 11010101001 11011101 11010100101 01011101 11111101010 0101000101 10010101 11000101 11110101 1111101 11010111 0111000111 01110011101 10010101 11110001 10110110 010010011 111100111 10110110 10101010 01010101 10101010 1111110111 10110101 011101110 11010001 1101 0011010 010010011011 11010001 110010100101 1101001111 010110001 0101000111 10011101010 010101000110 010011000010 10101010 0111101 10110001 10101010 1010011 1101010111 11111001 10011101 10 1001010001 11110001 10010111 0101010101 10110100 110010001 1111000001 110111110 11110111010 1101010101 11111111 11010100 01010111 11110011010 00100011 011011000110 01010101110 11011101 1110100 11101001010 11101101 010010100 010010100 1101010001010 110000111 11110001 11010111 0010101 0111011101 1111011101 1001011111 11111101 1101 01010101 0001 1101110101 0011011101 10110111 011101 00010101 01100100 1110110010 01010101010 11110100 110100110 0110101 01110101010 1101010101 1101 010001101 11010010 01010010 1111 01011101 010010100 11010101 1101001111 1111 11101010 10110111010 101001111101 0111 110100001 11110001 1100110001 01010101 1100010101 1010110001 01010100011 1110000011 11011111 1101010111 11110011 10110011111 01110101010 11001100 010111110 01010010001 10110101 11011111 10111101 01101 10110111 010011100 1101 1111000101 1101010011 1101 11010100 1100101 010101100101 01010111 10110101 1011110011 010100100001 10110001101 11010111 0101011101 0101000101 11010111001 0111110101 10111111101 010111 111111011101 0101111100 11011111 11010101 10010001 1111010101 111110 010101 1011011011 1111011101 1111011101 0101101111 111101 01111111110000
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1090
  • Average number of words per stanza: 191
  • Amount of lines: 211
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, thy, and, of, thou, know'st, their, sweetly, i, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thy, each, the, and, till, when are repeated.

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