This is an analysis of the poem Ode Vii: On The Use Of Poetry that begins with:

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Not for themselves did human kind... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacca Xccdbbd Xeefddf Xggbbbb ahhaeea aiijggj Xggiddi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11010101 010111001 111101 1101111 110101001 010101 1 11010101 11110101 010101 11110101 11010101 010111 1 11110101 11010001 0101010 11010101 10010101 1110110 1 11010101 10010001 110101 11010101 11010101 110001 1 01010101 11000101 110101 111101001 1100001001 111101 1 11110101 11010101 110101 11010101 110101001 111101 1 111111001 10100101001 010101 10110101 11010101 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

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