This is an analysis of the poem Ode On Lord Hay's Birthday that begins with:

A Muse, unskill'd in venal praise,
Unstain'd with flattery's art;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdaad aeaeccebbe dfdfccghhg ijijddekke bjbjaabllb cmcmhhbhhb adadkkedde agagffcnnc nbnbffcggcXcbcbkkadda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 0101001 11010001 110001 11011101 1010110001 01111011 110101011 110010101 110001 111101010 111001 110111010 110001 01010101 01010001 11010101 101100101 10010101 110001 1011101001 010101 01001101 010101 11110101 11010101 01110001 110101110 101001010 110101 01010111 010101 10010101 010101 1101001001 11011101 10010111 01010101 110011101 110101 10010101 110101 01010101 010101 11010001 11001101 01110101 11010101 11010101 100101 11110101 110101 11000101 010101 1101010010 0101001010 110100101 0110101010 010101010 011101 10010101 010101 11011100 111001 10010111 01010111 110100101 010010101 010010101 011101 11110101 110101 111100101 010101 11011111 11010101 11010101 11000101 01001111 111111 11010101 110101 10110001 110001 11010111 01010111 01010111 01001101 01011101 011111 11110101 111101 00011101 000111 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 01110101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 322
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 100
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; to, and, ye are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, and, the, no are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase great connects the lines.

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