This is an analysis of the poem Ode Vi: To William Hall, Esquire: With The Works Of Chaulieu that begins with:

I.
Attend to Chaulieu's wanton lyre;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcccXXdc Xbeecbffc Xgccdghhd Xbccdbaad ahaahhgXh aciidcccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01010101 11010111 110110001 01010101 111001010 110101010 11111101 1001001001 1 11110101 01011001 11110001 00110101 11010101 11001101 01011001 01010101 1 10110101 010101010 011001010 110100001 101100011 11010101 11010001 01011101 1 11011001 11010101 01100101 110010001 01010101 11011011 11010101 11110101 1 11110101 11111101 11011101 111101001 11010101 01011111 01011110 110010011 1 110111010 110111101 01110011 011000101 110101110 01011101 1100101001 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; so, to, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ye is repeated.

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