This is an analysis of the poem Ode To The Philistines that begins with:
In an age of Mammon and Greed,
In an age of Humbug and Cant,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXccddddcX eafagg gbgbdd ababhh aiaihh jkjkaa hehfcc ahahggXbcbccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01101011 01101111 1101011 00100100 111001011100101 110011110100101 11111011 00101101 100101 1001001 100100111111101 1110111010100100 11111011 101010101 00100100 11100111 01001010111101 101010100101101 11110111 111011011 1110001011 11011101 111110111101101 0010101011110101 11111011 11111011 11101001 11101011 111001101111101 111001011110111 011101010 01101101 1011011 1011001 10010111101111 111010110100101 11101011 111001101 11100101 11101101 1010010111110100 1110010110111001 10100101 1101001 11101001 1100100 1010110010110101 1110010111100101 1101101 1101111 1110111 1101011 101001111101101 1011100100111001 10101111 001101101 10101001 10100101 1010001110100101 010010110100101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 296
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; in, of, and, men, with, you, your, millions, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, men, you, millions, that, take, for are repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Ode To The Philistines;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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