This is an analysis of the poem Ode To Meditation that begins with:
SWEET CHILD OF REASON! maid serene;
With folded arms, and pensive mien, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcdcdeeffggee afafbbhhff aaiiaeaefX bbaajjaaggggff kkbbggggXXddaagghhff iiggddlXkkaaggggff eeffkkaa Xlaaaaeeff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,10,10,14,20,18,8,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 01011101 11011101 111101001 11011101 111111001 11010101 11010101 11110101 01110101 11011101 01010101 11010101 010101010 01010001 11000101 10111101 11011101 10110101 11010101 10100101 11000101 01000101 11000101 01010111 01000101 11011101 100110101 11010111 11010101 111101001 11010011 11011110 110101001 11110101 1010101010 01000101 110101010 110100111 01011101 11011101 11010101 01011101 11011101 11011101 01000101 11010101 010110001 11010101 11010111 010111001 11010101 11010101 01010101 10111101 111001001 11110111 01011101 11110101 01010101 01111111 01010101 01110101 01110001 11110101 10110101 11010101 01010101 111111001 11010101 01110111 11010101 11011101 11010101 11010101 11010101 010101010 11110101 110100111 01000101 11010101 11010101 01011101 101011001 01010101 11010101 11011101 101100101 11001001 01010101 11010101 010010101 10010101 01010101 11010101 11010101 11111101 0101101010 11110111 11110101 11010001 11010101 11110111 11110101 11110101 11110111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 491
- Average number of words per stanza: 79
- Amount of lines: 106
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; with, nor, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, the, he are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word thee at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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