This is an analysis of the poem Ode Viii: If Rightly Tuneful Bards Decide that begins with:
I.
If rightly tuneful bards decide,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbcdX Xdedeff Xcgcgaa Xgbgbcc ahahaii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 01010101 00010101 11011001 110101001 11111101 11110010 1 01110101 11010001 11110101 110100001 11110101 11010111 1 110101010 01111101 111110010 11110111 110010001 01110011 1 11010011 11110101 11010101 11010001 110100101 11000101 1 010101001 01010101 01100011 11110101 11010101 11000101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; this is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words if, this are repeated.
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