This is an analysis of the poem Ode Iii: To A Friend, Unsuccessful In Love that begins with:
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Indeed, my Phædria, if to find... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbcddc Xefefggf Xahahaah XXcXXaacb adbdbbd aibibddb Xhfhfccf Xcbcbccb Xififbbf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,9,7,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 0111001 11111101 110011101 111100101 11111101 11010011 01010101 1 11010101 11000101 11110101 11010101 11110111 11110101 01010101 1 11010101 11110111 10111111 10010101 11011101 01010101 011100101 1 11101110 11010101 111101010 10011110 11110011 11011111 11011101 01001001 1 11010101 111101000 110111000 11110101 10010101 10010111 1 1100100111 010100101 110101001 01110111 11011101 11000101 11010101 1 11010101 10010101 01011101 110011111 11110101 11010101 010010111 1 11010101 110010101 01110101 01110101 11010101 11010101 01110101 1 11111101 110100101 010100101 010010101 11011101 10011111 110011101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 72
- 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, no, of, o, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, where are repeated.
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