This is an analysis of the poem Ode To The Country Gentlemen Of England that begins with:

Thou, heedless Albion, what, alas, the while
Dost thou presume? O inexpert in arms,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdaad bebeffgggg dfdXhhccccXgegeaagccg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010010101 1101110001 1101011101 0101111101 1101110101 0111000101 1111010101 0101011111 0101000101 010011010001 1111111011 1100110101 11001010011 11001110111 11000100101 1101010011 1101010101 1111001101 1101011101 100101111011 1111110101 11010111001 0111010111 0101001011 1101110001 11110111001 1110011101 1111000111 0111111101 0011010101001 1101111101 1111001101 11011000001 11100110101 1001110101 0101010101 1101010001 0011110101 0101010101 110101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 511
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; thou, of, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, though are repeated.

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