This is an analysis of the poem Opening Ode that begins with:

Delivered at an Odd-Fellows' Concert.
Some have formed strange conceptions about the mysteries of our order. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XbcdX ccee ffgg cc hh aadd iibb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,4,4,2,2,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101111010 11110100101000110 101101010110100 01001110011111 10110110010110110 1100 01011101 0111101 110111011 01101010 10101111 10101011 01011101 11000101 11110111 11110011 01110111 11110111 01110101 01001111 11001101 01011101 01011101 11010100 00110001 11000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).

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  • summary of Opening Ode;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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