This is an analysis of the poem Ode that begins with:
I. VENGEANCE will sit above our faults ; but till
She there do sit, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaab cacca dbddb eceec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001011111 1111 1101101111 1101111111 1100 10101111101 0101 0111110111 01011000111 0101 11111011101 1101 1101111111 1111011100 0100 11110111101 1111 1111111101 1111010111 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; we, but, our are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.
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