This is an analysis of the poem Ode Iv: To The Honourable Charles Townshend In The Country that begins with:
I. 1.
How oft shall i survey... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXabccdXb Xeffegaahhg XcicifjcXbc Xeggeebbiie Xbbbbgeefjg XeXeiggbccb Xaeeaheeiih Xbggbbeehhb XggggkkbaaX Xgiigeeekke XbggbbaaeeX Xlblbegiddi Xemmebmmeeb XebbeccXXbc Xjbfbffcnnc XfhhfoeXbbo Xohhoaffhha XfifiggbaaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 111101 0101010111 0101100 0101011111 101101 0111010101 111111 1101010101 111010 1101011101 11 0111010 1111010111 110101 010111010010 11111 0101110101 111001 1101110111 1101001 00101010101 11 1101001101 1101000101 0101000101 1101110101 11111111 101001010 010101 110101100 1011110101 110101010101 11 111101 010011100101 010001 1111010101 1011001 11010011001 111101 11010100101 110001 1101010101 11 100101 01110010101 111101 01010100101 110001 1111010101 010101 01000101001 1101010 0111000111 11 1101011101 1111011110 11110100101 0101010111 10010001 11011101 010101 01011101 0101010101 010101011111 11 1100001 110011101001 1101101 1111010001 0010101 0101011001 010111 01011100101 111111 11111101001 11 110101 01001010101 010101 01010100111 111101 1111010101 010101 0111001111 010101 00101010001 11 1101011101 110101011001 0111011001 1111011101 111111001 11010111 010101 110111111 1001010101 110011010101 11 110101 0101000101 011101 0101010101 110101 1101010001 1100101 11010111101 010101 1111010101 11 1001001 1101000101 010101 0101010101 111101 11011100101 1100101 01001000101 111101 10110101100 11 1101110001 10010101001 1101010001 01000010111 11010101 110110101 110101 101011101 11001010111 1110011110101 11 110101 010110101 111101 0111010101 111101 1111010101 110101 0111010011 010101 0100010101 11 110001 1011110111 111101 1101010101 110101 10001010111 01001001 1111010101 0100101 11011101001 11 11011101010 1001010101 0101010101 01010001001 11010101 11011101 1110001 11010101 0111011101 110111010101 11 110101 0111010001 1101101 1001110101 10011 110110101001 1101010 01010100101 1101011 11010001101 11 1101001 11010101001 01001001 11010010111 110101 0101011001 110101 1101010101 100101 10001010001 11 1111110101 0111010101 1111010101 1101011101 01110101 111100101 1100101 11010011 1101010011 110101111111
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 376
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 198
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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, your, to, of, how are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, let, how, nor are repeated.
The author used the same words i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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