This is an analysis of the poem An Ode On The Piece that begins with:

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As wand'ring late on Albion's shore... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcddbe XXfffggXg XfgfgXfff Xbfbfhhhh adfdfffhh abhbhiXjj XkhkhXgff Xlblbggbb Xfmfmaadd inbnbaaff aififggjj XdidiXbbb Xghghccll Xahahffgg Xffffiioo Xlalallgg Xedbdaahh Xhghgaajj XmlmlhhlX Xfafammnn XbXbfmmhh Xbhbhffmm Xggggffoo XfdfdXfXi Xnenbhhff Xpmpm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 11011101 110111001 11010101 110101001 11010101 11011101 1111010101 11010101010 1 010101010 01000101 01010101 01010101 01010101 11111101 1111010101 1001111101 1 01010101 101110101 01010101 110101001 01010110 010110001 01010101110 11110101010 1 11010101 11010001 1101001001 01010101 01010101 1101001001 1101011101 1011110101 1 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11000101 1101110101 0101011101 1 01000101 11110101 11110111 11000111 01010111 11010111 0101110101 0101010101 1 11010101 01010101 11010101 11110101 11010110 11010101 1111010101 1101010111 1 111010101 01000101 11010101 11110101 100110101 11010101 1101110101 1001110001 1 11010101 11010101 010011101 111000101 01011101 110101001 0101110111 0101010101 1 11010101 01010111 01010101 01010101 11011101 11110101 1101010101 1101110111 1 110100101 110001010 01110101 111000010 11010101 01010101 1101010101 0101010101 1 11110101 110101001 11010101 01001111 01010111 01010101 0101110101 1111010101 1 110100101 01010101 11000101 01010101 010100101 01010101 1110010101 1101011101 1 11010101 11110101 11010101 10110101 01010101 011101011 1101010111 1101010001 1 110101010 11010101 011101010 11010101 11010101 110100101 01111010101 11111000101 1 1111001001 11111101 11010101 110101001 111100111 11111101 0111110101 1111011101 1 111101010 11010101 11110101 01010101 10110101 01110001 0101010101 1101011101 1 11010111 01011101 11010111 01011101 11010101 01010101 0100110101 1101101101 1 11010111 10110101 11011101 11110101 11010101 01010111 11010010101 01010111001 1 11010101 11010101 01010111 11010101 110100101 11010101 1011010101 1101010101 1 10010101 1100100010 01011101 01010101 11010101 010011101 1111010011 0101110101 1 110101001 11010101 01110101 11010101 11011111 11001101 1111011101 0111000101 1 01010111 01011101 10010101 10110101 110101010 110011110 0101000101 11001010101 1 11010111 11010001 11011001 11010101 11010110 100101001 010110001010 1101010101 1 1101111 011101010 11010111 01010001 11010101 11110101 10110101010 010010111110 1 11011101 01111101 11010101 100010101 11010101 010100101 110101001001 1101011101 1 11010101 10111111 01000101 11001011 01010101 01010101 0101010101 0101011101 1 1010110001 11010101 1100001001 11100101 11100101 01010101 0101010101 11010010101 1 11010001 1010101 01010101 11010101 11011101 01010111 0101000101 1011110101 1 11011101 11011101 11110101 11011101 11001101 11010101 1111010101 0111010101 1 100111010 11010101 111001010 01010101 01010101 011100101 1011110101 1011001101 1 110010101 11110101 11010101 11110111 110101010 11111101 1101010101 11010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 32
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 314
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 288
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; his, her, in, thy, to, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words her, he, she, while, a, it, the, thy, oh, where, till are repeated.

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