This is an analysis of the poem Ode To Health that begins with:
Come, bright-eyed maid,
Pure offspring of the tranquil mind,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabbacc XXddeeffggaa XXfggfhhaa bbXiih ddjjfhfhbbcaaakkac llXXgigi ggXhgggddg aaiibb aajjiikkllcc XXeeii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,12,10,6,18,8,10,6,12,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 11100101 1110101 01010101 10101001 1011001 1010101 111101110101 11101001 1011101 1001101 1011110101 11101010 111010010 11110101 1010101 1000101 100010101 11000101 1010110101 1110111 10101001 11010011 01010001 11010101 0101001 11011010101 01110101 1111110101 01001010101 11010101 11111101 010101010 01010101 11010101 1111110111 111101101 11000101 110101101 1010101 011110001 01010101 01110101 11010111 01110111 010010101 10011010101 1101011101 1111100101 11110101 11010101 110010111 1110101 1001110101 10100101 1111101 1010101 1010011 1010101 10011001 1110001 100101010101 1110101 01110101 11011101 11110001 01011101 11110101 11011101 110101001 01010111 11011101 111101101 1101110101 11110011101 11110011001 1111010101 100101010101 1101010111 0101001001 0101110101 1111011001 1111000101 0101010101 0101010101 0101010001 0100101101 1011000101 10110001001 1011110001 1101011101 0101010101 11010111110 11110111010 0101010101 10011100101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 373
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; from, and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, to, the are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase breath connects the lines.
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- summary of Ode To Health;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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