This is an analysis of the poem Ode To Dragon that begins with:
Dragon! since lyrics are the mode,
To thee I dedicate my Ode,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabba ccXX dXd e ffghhi aaXjj cckaaceak Xdckkc kakkcddghc cclkkl mmhcch kkhaah ccicci bbXnnlec llbkkb hhceec ggXaaX hhhaah ggbhcehb hhkbbXXddekke
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,3,1,6,5,9,6,10,6,6,6,6,8,6,6,6,6,8,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10110101 01110111 110011 11110101 01110101 011101 11111101 10101101 0 1010010 101111010 01 100010 0111011 100101010 111111011 010101 11011101 10110111 1111110 10110001 111011001 1101100 11010101 11110101 11010111 01111111 110111 11011101 11011101 11 1 11 1 11110110 01010101 1101001 11111101 11111100 010101 1111010100 010 01 110100 1111010 110101001 01011101 011 1 110 11111111 010100011 110111 11011111 01010111 110111 11110111 11011101 1111010 11010101 01010101 0101010 1100100010 101101010 11011010 11111101 11011101 11110010 11110111 11111101 1101010 111101010 010101010 1101010 11110111 01011001 1100110 110101010 110111010 1 1 1111 1001101001 011101001 1111010 11011101 11010101 1111010 01010101 100101001 0101011 11111101 11001101 100101 10111101 11010101 110101 010100010 011111010 1101010 10010111 01110100 110101 110100101 01010101 110111 11010101 01011101 110101 11111101 1 1 010101 110101 11110001 01010001 110101 10010111 01010111 100111 11010101 01000101 100101 01110101 11010101 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 129
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, thou, i, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, he are repeated.
The author used the same word how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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