This is an analysis of the poem Ode Vii: To The Right Reverend Benjamin Lord Bishop Of Winchester that begins with:

I. 1.
For toils which patriots have endur'd,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaabbcbbbc Xddaaeaaae XeaeaefggafhX Xaaddaiiia Xaajjakkka Xalalaellkeek Xaallbaaab Xmmhfabbba Xnananibboiio
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,13,10,10,13,10,10,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 111100101 11011101 010010101 0101001 10111101 11110111 11111101 01011101 0101010101 11 110101001 11000101 11011101 11010111 11011101 11010101 11111101 111000101 1101110001 11 010101 1101000101 1101010101 1101011100101 0101011101 1111010101 0101010101 1111010101 1100010101 11110010101 0101011101 010101010100 11 11110001 111100001 01110111 01010101 01010101 01010101 10010101 11010111 11001001101 11 11010001 10010101 1100111001 11011101 01010101 11010101 10110001 001101011 1011010101 11 1101001 10110010101 0011110101 110111010101 0100110101 0101011101 1101010101 1101010101 1101010111 1011000101 1101010101 111101110001 11 11110001 111100101 111101001 11010101 010010101 10010101 01111101 01110101 10110000101 11 110100010 1100110010 11010101 111100101 11010101 1011100101 01010101 11101101 1111010101 11 111101 1111111101 1111010101 110101010101 1101011101 1101110101 1101001101 101011100101 1101010101 1111011001 1100110111 111110011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 395
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 99
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; through, and, from, not, nor, her, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words for, to, and, could, not, nor are repeated.

    The author used the same words i, ii, iii at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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