This is an analysis of the poem Ode Addressed To Dr. Robert Anderson, Of Heriot's Green, Edinburgh. that begins with:

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Where is the KING of SONGS? He sleeps in death:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccbdXdXefefdd XgaagXhihjj Xfkkfdfdfcc XkffkacacXXXaiffijcjcaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,11,11,23,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1001011101 11011101001 1111010101 100101110101 1100111101 1101000101 1111010101 11010101010 1110011101 0111010101 111011101001 1001010101 10001011101 110101011101 1 1110011101 1101010111 1101011101 10110100101 10110100101 0111011101 11110101001 1101011001 110100101001 1101011100011 1 1111110101 01001010101 0101110101 11010010001 01011111001 1111111111 1111010101 11010011101 1101011101 1100111111001 1 1111111101 11010011001 0101010101 110111001001 0101110101 1101010101 1101010111 01010010001 1111110101 1111011100100 1 11110101001 1101110011 11010100101 1111010101 1111011111 11010101001 1101010101 11010111001 1011111101 110101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 508
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; thy, with are repeated.

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

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