This is an analysis of the poem Ode Xii: On Recovering From A Fit Of Sickness, In The Country that begins with:
I.
Thy verdant scenes, O Goulder's hill,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccabdda Xebbfeddf XeggheXgh XeiXaejja adffgdhhg adddgdaag Xchhichhi Xehhkeddk XafXeaiie lcdddclld
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11011101 11110101 0101010101 1111111001 1101010101 11110101 01010101 1100101010101 1 11010101 11011101 0101101101 1101110111 1011010101 100111101 11010101 11110101001 1 11010101 01010111 1011000101 1111010111 10110100101 110111110 110011101 110001110111 1 01010101 110111001 1101010101 11011100111 11010110101 01110011 11010101 11110010111001 1 01110101 11010101 1101010101 1111110101 1111010101 1111011001 11010101 101101110101 1 11011101 110010001 11111001001 0101010101 11001110101 01010101 11010101 010101011101 1 11011101 10010111 10101010101 11110101001 1101011101 010101001 01010101 110101010111 1 11010101 110101110 1000100101010 11011111001 010101001001 110101001 11110001 0101011100101 1 11010111 111000101 10001010001 1100010101 1101110001 01110111 11010101 111101111101 1 11111101 11010101 1011010101 01110111001 0101001101 11111101 011100111 110011110011
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 328
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 90
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, new are repeated.
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