This is an analysis of the poem An Ode For St. Cecilia's Day that begins with:
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Prepare the hallow'd strain, My Muse,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbccdd XeefaafeefX c XeebbbabX Xggfaafffee addggfXhghggg fggf c aXbaXbbXabba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,11,1,9,11,13,4,1,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 01010111 110111011 01100101 01001011001 11010001 110110010101 1 11010001 01010001 11010101 10111101 010100101 10110101 11110101 10010101 1010001 110100101 111111 1 11010101 01011101 11111001 111100111 11111001 111111 100101 1111010011 1 11010101 110010101 0110100001 10010101 01010101 110101 11010101 010100101 10010101 110101001 1 10010111 11100101 11101010 100101010 01111101 01010010 110101001 110101001 11011001 100101 0100101101 01010111 11010001 01010111 010010101 11010001 11011111111 1 1101010100 0100111010 01001101 11010100 1010111 010111001 010101011 11010101 11110101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 68
- 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; her is repeated.
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