This is an analysis of the poem Ode On Adversity that begins with:
WHERE o'er my head, the deaf'ning Tempest blew,
And Night's cold lamp cast forth a feeble ray; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababaaaabbbXXXcdcdeefggfgg ghhgfXfX dgdgagagXgggaaccgfefe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,8,21,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011010101 1111110101 11001110101 1011110101 1101110111 100110101001 11010101 11000101 01010101101 010101001 1101010101 1001010101 11010101010 1101001010100 10010101 110001 011101001 0101000101 10010101 01011101 01011111 01110101 01010011 10111101 00110111 1001011010101 01010101 0100101 11011101 01010101 11010001 01110100 110100001 010101 010101 01110011 11010111 100010101 11110101 01010101 11010101 110001 11010101 10000101 10010101 1011101 01010101 11010101 11011001 01010101 01010101 111001 11110101 110001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 514
- Average number of words per stanza: 84
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; her is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words all, in are repeated.
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- summary of Ode On Adversity;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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