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

Ye virgins! fond to be admired,
With mighty rage of conquest fired,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbb ccadda eedbbX ffegge ffceec ggcddc ddahha hhbddb ddijji bbabba ffieei kkehhe aadccd aalaal ddcddc llcaac iijddjXddchhc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100010 010101010 110101 111010101 11010101 110101 11011101 01010001 111101 01011111 11010101 010101 000110011 01010101 110101 11010101 01010001 1011010 11010001 11010101 110101 11010101 0100100101 1111001 011101001 01010001 010011 11110101 01010011 010001 010010101 11010101 0101001 01110001 110101001 110101 11010111 11111101 010001 10110101 010100101 110101 010010001 010101001 111101 01010101 00110101 010101 010010101 01010101 010001 10010001 01010101 010101 01010101 110100101 010101 101010101 11110001 111101 111010101 11010101 110101 01010101 11011101 010101 11010001 10010001 0100111 01010101 01110101 111101 01010001 10011001 1101010 110010101 01010101 1111010 11010101 11000101 0101101 11010101 11110101 010001 11010111 11010001 0101001 10011101 010100101 110101 11010101 11011101 110101 010101001 11010101 010101 01110001 11010101 110101 11010001 11010101 110101 010101001 01010101 110101 11110101 01010111 0100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 108
  • 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, of, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, from, to, see, thy, and are repeated.

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

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

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