This is an analysis of the poem Ode Xix. — To Kings that begins with:

Again is all the world to perish? Pours
A second deluge on the sentenc'd earth,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXcdeXeedeXfadfXfacbdXeXbaeaaXfeagXagdacbddefXXeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 52,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0101010101 0101010101 100101 1100101 11001010101 11001010101 100101 1100010 1001010111 11100010101 110101 1100101 11010001001 10100010101 011101 110111 11000101001 10010011001 110100 110100 111100111001 010010100101 100101 0100101 1001010101 1101011101 100101 1000101 00110011101 01011011101 101101 010101 1111010101 0111010101 010101 0100101 1101110111 1001110001 110101 010011 1101000101 1001000101 100101 010101 1001010001 01010010111 100101 0111000 1001010111 1100010111 111101 0101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1815
  • Average number of words per stanza: 300
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • 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.

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