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

O parent of each lovely Muse,
Thy spirit o'er my soul diffuse,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccddeeffccccgghhaaiiccddeeccddiiffaajjkkllffccccjjjjaammhhnnhhggaaeeXXaaii fojjffhhhhffddccccccXddddllbbbbaaiibbccffccddddmmkkllddofmmddlleejjbbaabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 76,73,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001101 110101101 101110101 11101101 01011111 01011101 11010001 110110001 11010101 010011101 11010101 110100101 1001101 11010101 01011101 11010101 11011101 11110111 101100111 010001101 11000101 10111101 11110101 11010101 11010101 01110101 1101011 110000101 11010101 11111111 11010101 01010101 11011101 01010101 110010101 111110001 11111111 01110101 11001101 110100101 11110101 10110101 01011011 01010101 11000111 11010011 11110101 1010101 11010111 0110101 11111101 11010101 11111101 11010101 1011011 1101111 11011101 1000101 111100101 11110101 110011010 010101010 1000101 11010111 11010111 01010101 01010111 11111101 01011101 01011101 10110101 10011101 010101001 11010101 110101001 11010101 11110101 111101010 11110101 111100101 01010111 01010111 11010111 10110101 10011101 01010101 110001001 01100101 111100101 11010101 11010101 10010101 11010101 01010101 1100110001 1010101 11100101 01111101 11010101 01000111 01010101 11111111 11010101 11111101 1010101 1010010 111010101 00110111 10110001 01010101 11010101 11010101 11011101 1010101 110010111 11010101 11010101 011100101 11110001 110101001 11110101 010110001 11010101 11011111 11111101 010101001 11110111 10101101 11010101 1001101 110100010 11010101 101110001 11010101 101110101 100110111 01010101 10011101 111010101 01011101 11010101 1001110001 11010101 01010101 01010101 01110101 11110101 110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1732
  • Average number of words per stanza: 300
  • Amount of lines: 148
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; my, with, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thy, 'mid, where, to, the, that, o are repeated.

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