This is an analysis of the poem Ode Xviii: To The Right Honourable Francis Earl Of Huntington that begins with:

I. 1.
The wise and great of every clime,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabbccdefd Xaagg bbacca Xdhdhieiecciifjfjbbbb XccjjdXikki Xjjiiccabba Xldldmcmchhbbjajagiig XiibbbbXffb XiiddXaahhX XjiXibmbmbbaagdgdbccb XcXffbbabba Xcciihhjnnj Xjbjbccccaannbibiboob Xiibbcciiii Xbbaajjibbi XbgbglblbiXbbjdjdciic Xffaabbicci XbXddccfppX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,5,6,21,11,11,21,11,11,21,11,11,21,11,11,21,11,11,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 011101001 11010101 1000101001 01110101 110100101 01010101 010101 110101010 1101010101 111010110011 11 11010011 01010001 01010101 11010101 110101001 110111001 1101001 11011111 11010100111 110101011101 11 010101 1011000101 1111010001 01111110111 1101000101 1001001001010 1101010101 110010101010 11010100101 01001 1101 0001011101 111101011 1111000101 0101010101 01011001 11110101 11010111 11110001 1111010101 11 1101101 010010101 11011101 1100100101 110011001 01010010 110101 110100101 1111010101 111101010101 11 11110101 11110101 11100101 01000101 010011111 11011101 010101 110101010 01010101010 011011100101 11 1101001 1100011101 11010010101 010101010101 1101110101 1101011001 1111110001 11110001101 1111000101 1111 11001 1111010001 0101011101 0101010101 11111010101 11110011 01011101 11110001 11010101 1101010101 11 11010101 11010101 11010101 1100100101 01110101 11011101 110110 10010101 1101010101 010101110111 11 11011011 01010101 01010101 11010101 11111101 10010101 111101 11110001 1101011101 1111010111010 11 110101 01000010101 10110010101 111110111001 1101011101 1111110101 11010101001 0110110001 11001010001 0111 1101 11111101001 11110010101 01011011101 11010101001 01010101 11110101 11110101 11110001 1111000101 11 11110101 110101010 01010101 10010101 110100101 11010111 011001 11110101 1101001101 0111010110101 11 11110101 01010101 11110001 110101111 11011101 11010001 110111 11010101 10010101001 1101001010011 11 110101 11010010101 1111000111 101100111001011 1001011101 0101000101 1011001001 0101011101 1101000101 0101 1111 1101010101 1111000101 10100111010 0111100101 01010011 10100101 10011111 11110101 1111010101 11 01011011 11010101 111110001 11011101 110010111 110010101 110101 11010101 1101010101 110111111101 11 10010111 01010101 01010101 11010101 11000101 01110111 010101 11010101 1011110101 110101110101 11 1101001 1101110101 1101011101 110101010101 11110111001 1101011101 1111011101 1011110101 11001110101 0101 1111 11001010101 1101110101 01010110001 1101010101 11011111 11001101 100010101 01011101 1111000101 11 01110101 11011101 11010101 11110101 11010101 11010001 110001 11100101 1101011001 11100010101010 11 11011111 11010110 110101001 110010111 01011101 11010101 110101 11010101 10010010001 110101010101 11 110111 1100011101 0101010111 110101110001 11110101110 010010010101 110101010010 1111010001 0111100101 1101 01001 1101010101 1001010101 1101010101 1001001001 100100101 01010101 010100001 11000101 1100010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 494
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 258
  • 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; to, how, that, thy, thee, what, in, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, can, how, and, from, when, not, amid, must, or, where, the, to, that, what, durst are repeated.

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

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