This is an analysis of the poem Ode Written In Spring that begins with:

No longer hoary winter reigns,
No longer binds the streams in chains,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabbba bbcdddc bbeaaae ffXddda eebdddb gghfffh ccdgggd aafaaaf bbeaaaX aaidddi iiebbbe hidaaad ffjgggj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11010101 110101 01010111 110010111 11010111 010101 01010101 01010101 110101 01101101 01110101 01100101 110001 01110101 01010001 0101001 1100101010 010111010 011101010 110101 01010001 11010101 010111 10010101 1110001001 11010101 010001 11011101 01010001 010101 11010011 11010101 11011101 010101 01011111 11010001 01001110 11010001 11010001 11110101 0100010 11010001 11010001 110001 110111001 01000101 01000101 110110 111010101 10010010 110101 11010111 01010101 11010101 0100101 11010001 11010101 110101 11011101 11010101 110100101 001001 111100001 11110101 110101 11011101 11110101 110001101 01001011 110000101 111101001 1101001 11110111 11010111 111010101 010001 010001010 110101001 010101 11011111 11011101 10110101 110101 11110101 11110101 010101 11010101 11010111 011000001 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 91
  • 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; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, the, with, we'll, and, now, what, whose, when, where are repeated.

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

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