This is an analysis of the poem Ode Ix. To Curio that begins with:

Thrice hath the spring beheld thy faded fame
Since I exulting grasp'd the tuneful shell: ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdeedefefggchhciXiXiiiddXididggbXibgXggiideedididggbjjbibibaakhhkihihiieiXegagaeekiikgigiiihaahababffhaahXigiXeiddiceceddgiigiciciidjjXgggghhdiidigigggdiid
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 160,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001101101 1101010101 1011000111 1111000111 1111010011 1101110111 1101010111 1111010101 11110110101 010101010011 1101011101 1110110111 1111010101 0101011101 110100101001 0111110101 11001111101 1101110101 11101010101 111101010101 1111010001 11010100111 1011011101 1111010010 10111001101 1101011101 1111010001 11000101001 0101001011 110101010101 111111001001 1101110101 11010101001 11010100001 0101001001 101101010101 1101010101 11001000101 0100110101 11010010100001 1011011101 0101011110 1111010101 0101010101 0101010111 01010101001 1011110101 1111000101 1101110101 010101110001 11010100101 1111010101 1101110101 0111110101 10001010101 1111000101 1101010101 11011101010 110010001010 011101011101 11010111101 0101010111 1101010101 1101010001 1101000101 1101010101 1101010101 10110010101 0101011101 110101110101 1111110101 110010100101 1111110101 1101011101 0001010101 011111001010 1011010101 0101110101 01010101100 111111110101 1101010101 0111000101 10010000101 11001010101 0101011101 0110010101 0101011111 0101010101 1111011101 100101011101 1101010101 1101000101 1101010101 1001010101 1101110101 0101010101 1001010001 1101010101 11010100101 010001110001 1111110011 1011010101 10110111001 11110001001 01011100101 0101001101 1101110101 1101010101 1011000101 1101001010101 1111110010 0110011101 0101010101 1100010101 110111001100 0101010111 1101010111 1110000101 1011010111 010101110001 01110100101 0101111101 1101001101 0101010110 1111000101 110010100101 0111011101 1101100101 0111110101 111101111101 1101011101 10010101001 1111100101 10101010101 1111010101 00101111101 11001011101 11010111010 100010100010 110111110001 1111110001 110100100111 1111110111 1001011101 1100110101 1111010101 1111110101 1111010101 111101001001 110001010101 0100101101 0101001101 11110100111 1101010001 1001010101 1101010101 0101010101 1101001101 1011111101 111001010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 8557
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1258
  • Amount of lines: 160
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy, her, o, of, your, so, to, in, and, whom are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words who, i, whom, and, o, this, still are repeated.

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  • summary of Ode Ix. To Curio;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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