This is an analysis of the poem Ode Xv: On Domestic Manners (Unfinished) that begins with:

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Meek honor, female shame,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaabcdXeec Xeddefggfff Xbffbcffhhc XdccdeddcceX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 110111 1101011001 0100111 01010101001 110101 11010100001 1101010 1001110101 010101 1111111101 1 011101 0101010001 111101 0101010001 100101 1101011101 110001 0101100101 110111 1101010111 1 0110011 0100010111 010101 1111101101 110101 1100011101 011101 11111101001 0101001 1111011101 1 110101 01100100101 0100101 0111010101 110101 0100010001 110101 1011010101 110101 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 368
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; what, and, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words who, the are repeated.

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