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

Joy, thou beauteous godly lightning,
Daughter of Elysium,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcdcd ecdXc XfXXagag eXhfX aeaeidXd eidXi XXagiXig ehggX cjcjiiii eidXi XfdXgkgk eXdXX XXcXieiE eceEc jbjbcdcd ejggj iXiggfgfXecjjc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,8,5,8,5,8,5,8,5,8,5,8,5,8,5,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 1000100 10101110 1001101 11001010 1010101 100101010 1110101 10 01011010 1010101 1010110 10101010 10101100 0100100 10101100 1100101 11111110 1011101 11111010 1000101 10 11001110 1010100 0010111 11100110 101110010 0110101 1001010001 1010111 11111110 0010101 00101010 1010101 10 10111110 1100101 1010110 10110010 10101010 0010110 11101010 1011111 10001110 101010 11111010 101101 10 10111010 10101001 1010111 10101010 001110010 1010111 10101010 1010101 10111110 1110101 10101010 10101011 10 10101010 1010101 1010110 10110010 11100100 1011100 11110010 101010 11100010 1001101 10101110 1010111 10 11101010 1010101 1010110 1111111 11100010 0010101 10001010 1011101 10110110 1010111 10111010 0010101 10 10101110 1010101 0010101 10101110 10101010 1110011 11101010 1011101 10111010 1010111 10011010 1000101 10 10101010 1010101 1000101 10101010 10001010 1000101 10101010 1010101 10111010 1011101 100110010 1010100 10 00101010 1010101 1010111 10101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 117
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; be is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d is repeated).

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