This is an analysis of the poem Tercentenary Ode On Shakespeare that begins with:

We had the honour of delivering in 1864 the principal address at the
tercentennial anniversary of Shakspeare in the Town Hall,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabc ddc eecc ffaa bbgg hhii jjii cXcc kkll mmkkXjjggkkaac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010001000101001110 1000101000100011 100010110011101001 10010 111010110100 11010011010100 110 11001101 11110101 10110011 11010101 11100001 11111001 01111111 01110101 1000011 11010001 10110101 010101001 11011011 10100011 11111101 11001111 101101101 11010001 11010001 11001101 11101010 110001010 0111101 11010011 01000101 01010101 10101110 00111010 10000101 01011101 11010011 010101001 111100111 10101111 11011101 10110111 110101001 01011101 11111101 01010100 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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, and are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word or at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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