This is an analysis of the poem Ode On The Birth Of The Prince Of Wales that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaaabccdeed Xfgfgcchggh XfifXfijjkjkjjfjfll XXlalbmmlggl Xjnjnoojppj XcfXjjXmlfkfklXlcff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,11,19,12,11,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1 01010101 1000101 11010101 010100 01010101 100010101 11010101 010111001 01010111 110101 1 00110101 010111 11110101 010101 110001001 10010101 11010101 110010101 01011101 010101 1 110101 11010101 11110101 01010101 11010101 110101 01010101 1010001 10101010 1010111 10101010 1010001 11001011101 11110011001 11010000101 1101110101 11110011101 010101110101 1 1 11110101 010111 11011101 010100 110111010 010101010 11010101 110000101 10110111 111101 1 11010101 111111 11110101 010101 11010101 011111001 110010101 01010101 01010101 1000011 1 11110101 01010101 11110101 11010101 110011011 0101010 010111010 1010101 101011010 1010101 11101010 1000101 110011100101 1101010101 1101110101 1101010101 11110011001 11001001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 452
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.

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