This is an analysis of the poem Ode To A Man Of Letters that begins with:
Lo, winter's hoar dominion past!
Arrested in his eastern blast...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccb bbdeed bbeaae ffgggg hhgeeg ccebbe bebbe iiceec iXgbbg bbiXbi aaXggh ggegge aabeeb eeXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,5,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 01000101 010101 100010101 111000101 1010101 010101010 010001110 1101001 11010101 11010101 010101 01010111 01010101 010101 01010101 11010101 010101 01011101 11010101 1111001 11010101 01010001 010011 11011101 010010001 010101 100010001 01010101 010101 101010101 111010111 110101 01000101 011101001 010001 11110101 010010101 11011101 11110101 1110101 10010001 01010101 010101 111001001 101010111 010101 10010101 0101101 010001 110001010 110001010 010011 11010101 11000101 01001001 01010101 11000101 010101 01111011 11000101 1101110 01010101 100110101 0101001 100101001 11010001 111101 010100101 01010101 010101 01011001 01010101 110001 10010101 11010101 110001 1100101101 01011101 0101100 11110101 11010101 110001
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 83
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, nor, no, his are repeated.
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- summary of Ode To A Man Of Letters;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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