This is an analysis of the poem Ode To The Muse that begins with:

O, let me seize thy pen sublime
That paints, in melting dulcet rhyme, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeddfghh XeXhiieeeejjkkdhee hhbbgglljjcckkhXhhaa fXgfjjeecceeXh jjaXmmnXbbiigfeebbccbbddaa ccXbjjneenllhhccjjhXccii fgiiccaXbbXbbddee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,18,20,14,26,24,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11111101 11010101 01010101 1100100001 11010101 01001101 01010101 01010101 01010101 01010101 11101101 011101001 0111001010 11011101 11010101 010001001 11010100 11011101 10111001 01011110 10011101 11010101 11001101 010101001 11111101 11011101 11100101 00110111 11100101 01100001 11010101 101010001 011101101 01010001 11011101 11010101 110100101 11011101 11010101 1010010101 11010101 110101001 10011101 01110101 110010101 11010101 10110111 10010101 01010101 01010101 01110111 01011001 01000101 110101001 111101010 11010101 11010101 010100010 11010101 110101001 110011101 11100101 110100111 11010101 01011101 11110101 11111101 110111010 11010111 01010111 11010101 11100101 11010111 11010101 11111101 01010010010 10011101 01010101 01011101 01010001 10110101 10110100 10110101 11010101 11010101 01010101 1101101 11000101 11110111 01001101 110010101 10010111 110001001 11011001 110101001 01010101 10010101 11010101 100110111 01111101 01010101 111100101 01010111 01110101 10110101 10110001 01001101 11011101 10011011 11100001 01010101 01010101 11010101 00110101 10010101 10110101 010101101 11101101 1101010010 11110101 110101001 10010101 101110001 11110101 10010101 11010101 11010101 11101101 10110101 11010001 01111101 110011011 11111111 01001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 600
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 134
  • 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, and, their, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, to, and, now are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase repose connects the lines.

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