This is an analysis of the poem Oglethorpe that begins with:
An Ode to be read on the laying of the foundation
stone of the new Oglethorpe University,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccdefefggbhahiaidbXaajjjjjjjkkldddeljjlldXffllhhXddXhbhhhiiebeemmmXeeejejeXjjnnnjjnXdeeejjjjeejdeaajjeedodeeaaeeaeeoeXppbpppeeepXaagggaagaXmmgggXgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 149,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001101000010 100110110100 101011010 10 1 1101010101 1111100111 1011001 1001010111 1101110101 0100011001 1101001100 1101 1011 1101001101 010101 0101 100101 1001010001 1101000100 1 1011010111 110101 1101000111 111111 111101 101101 1001010101 01010010101 0101001101 1110111010 1011110 01110011011 0101011101 010111 1111100101 110101 111101 110101 01010100101 011111 1111010101 1001111101 1111110101 111101 011111 1101000101 0101000101 100010011001 010101 1 010110 0101010101 101101000 1101 0101010100 1001 010101 0101011111 010010 10010 1111010101 1011010100 0100010111 110101 100101 011101 110101 1 010101 1001 010101 00110101001 011101010101 0101010111 1111 010101111 0101010001 11010010001 1110110101 0111 1101011101 1111111111 111101 111111 1101001101 1 1101010101 110101 0111010101 1001010101 110111 1101 010001 100101 1101 1101001101 1 011111 111101 1101111111 11010000111 011101 0101110111 1101 1101010101 010101 000101 1111 1101101101 1101010111 111101 011011 110101 0101010111 1101 110101 1001110 1110001 1 1101100101 0111001 0100110100 1001010101 110111 0101110101 110111 1111 010011 1101 1 1111 010001 01000010100 1111 0101 1101110111 010101 10010101 01010101 01010101010 0101111001 01110101 010101 1101 0101010111 0011 110101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 4577
- Average number of words per stanza: 840
- Amount of lines: 149
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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, and, to, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, and, a, for are repeated.
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- summary of Oglethorpe;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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