This is an analysis of the poem Ode Xvi: To Caleb Hardinge, M.D. that begins with:

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With sordid floods the wintry Urn... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbbaacddc Xacaceecbbc Xdadaffcbbc Xfgfgffahha aeheXbbhXXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,11,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01010101 11110101 0101011 11000101 110111001 01010111 01101101 11010001 111101001 010101 1 01010101 01010101 11010101 01010101 11010101 01110101 010100101 11110101 01010101 110101 1 11111001 01010001 11110001 01110101 10110111 11110001 010010101 11111101 11010101 0100101 1 11010111 11010111 11010101 111110001 10110111 10011111 10010101 11010101 11010111 111101 1 11010101 111001101 11010101 01010010 11011101 10011101 11010101 01010001 11010010 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 337
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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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