This is an analysis of the poem Duncan, An Ode that begins with:
I.
Abash'd the rebel squadrons yield--... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbbcbcdadacc X eefcfcghghbb X cccacaieieii X aajkjkididbb a lldkdkXbibbb a iigagamnmnaa X iigigijjjjee X ggefefXlglbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 01010101 01010001 01010101 1101100010 11010101 1101001010 11010111 01010001 11110101 10010101 1100010101 1101010101 1 11010101 01010101 1010101 1010101 01110101 11110101 1010101 1010011 10000101 1010001 11010100111 1101000101 1 110101101 1011001 11010101 01110101 1010101 10111001 1101101 1010101 101101 10110001 1001010101 1101010101 1 01010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11110101 11010001 1010111 1010101 11110111 01010101010 11011101010 1 101011101 1010101 110011001 11010101 11010101 11011101 01010110 01010101 1010101 1111101 0100010101 1111010101 1 10110101 11010101 1110101 110001101 1010101 1011101 10111010 1010101 10101110 1010101 1101011101 11010011101 1 10010101 10100111 110101 10101001 1110101 11011101 1011101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1001101001 1101010111 1 101011101 111000101 10010101 11010101 11011101 01010101 01010101 11001101 010011101 11010101 1001111101 11010101110
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 111
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.
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