This is an analysis of the poem Ode To A Child that begins with:

BRIGHT as a morn of spring,
That jubilates along the earth,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaabcdcefghifghXi jajjjXXkaafaff ljmkXflmlmflf mmhhmXchcdjdjjfnfnkeecddkfkf mnnbmblncllcnlnnhhnffmhchmc joojhhXXkddccaoahohfh aaccfXfdf nXjjnnnnnccXbjkccljhbhmmhhhhmpjmichckpaffcjoccjnXmneeoeoi jojijifhifhh lfhhflqqhhppaahhffddeehmXghfcgfgcfjXXXdjdcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,14,13,28,27,21,9,57,12,43,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1101001 110000101 0111110010 11010111 11010101001 10101110111 111001 1001 0101110100 0101011101 11001110111 1101001 110100101 111101101 110111001 11011101 111101000 0101010001 111011 10110111010 100100100011 11101101001 1010111 1111100 10101010 11111010 00101010 11101010 0010101 101001010 10111001 1010101 110111 11011101 0101001101 1011011100 100101 0111 110111001 111101 10010001 011101 0101100101 1101010111 110101011101 101101 1111001100 1101010101 00011111 11010111 0100100 1011001 11010101 111100010101 11010111 110101001 110101 1111 01101001 10101010 00101110 10111010 1010 001010100 10101010 100101010 100101101 11101100111 01001 10101010 1110101 1010101010 001010111 1101101100 1111110001 1101110111 010101 11011101 11010011101 01100010111 011111 1110101010 101101 011101 0101010 1111111101 1101 11001011101 111001 1011000101 0101000101 010101 01010111 11010101 1001011101 01 100101001 11010100111 1101 1111010001 11110101001 11010101 11000101 1011 11000101 01010011001 11010100 11010100 110001100 01110111 001001100101 11011101 10010101 1111011101 1001010111 1101110 01011101 010111 011101 111111 1101010101 110100110 11010101001 10110100001 11010101 11111 010101010110 01110101 11111101 1111001100 1101111101 111000 1110 11110011111 1101 101101 11011101 1111001111011 1111010101 11010101111 110101 11111101 0111010101 0011 0100100 1101110001 1101010111 0001011001 0111011110 01101101 11000101 111100010111 0011010101 010101 1001010101 001110101 11000111 01010111 1001011101 10110010111 11000010101 010101 10101001 10010111 10110111 1011 1011010100 11110010101 01110100010 0101001101 1001001 0101010011 0110111000 10001001 10010 1111010 0111110011 010101001 100101000 1100100 010101 10110010100010 1111110010 0101010001 11110111010 011111101 010011111 0001010101 1110110100111 11001110111 11010010111 1011011101 1101110111 001101 1101010101 1111000101 1101000101 100001101 0101010100 1111 111110101 010001 111111001 1101 111111 1101110101 110111101 110101001 1001101 10110110101 111101110101 11111111010 011110010010 0101110111 11001011101 01001110101 111101 1011010111 11001 110101100110 10111100010 110101 1101000101 1100011000 001101 11001011001 11010 01010010 110101 01010101110 1101001 11001010 1101011111010 01111001 111111001000 0101010000 110011000 1010101 10101001 10011111 1100010101 1001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 863
  • Average number of words per stanza: 152
  • Amount of lines: 242
  • 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; and, of, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, by, the, or, some, his are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines pool, leaf are repeated).

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