This is an analysis of the poem An Ode : On Exodus Iii. 14 that begins with:

On Exodus iii. 14. 'I am that I am.'
Man! foolish man!... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabccXbdbb ddddddcc bddbeee aafffccgcddg aaggabgbhhaahh icgggigggXggggaa ggbbajjhhkllkaahh dffdadaXaaeeggeXkkkcibbdddddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,8,7,12,14,16,17,29,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001111111 1101 11111001 1111010111 110010101101 0111010101 1001001011000 1111011101 11011101 101111 1111111011 1101011101 01110101001 1101111111 1101010001 1110101 1110001 1001001101 1101010001 0101110001 1101111101 110111001 0101001100 1011111101 1101010101 1101011001 11100101 01010101 1001010011 10010101 1011000101 110100101 0101001101 1111011101 11110001 11010101 110011010101 101100101001 110101 01010100101 11110001010 0111011101 1111010101 1101010101 01000101010 0101011101 11110101 1011000101 1110101 01010010 0101110001 0101110101 11010010100 11000101 0101110101 10110101 1101110101 10010100 1001010011 1111111001 1111010101 1011110101 0011011101 1110111 11010101 0101110001 1111010101 110101110101 1101010111 10010101 110010101 01010010101 11010010101 110011101101 11001101001 11010001001 1101101001 1001001111 1111010110 1101010101 11111101111111 11010101 11011101 1001011101 11001110101011001 1101010101 11011100101 01001000101 1111010111 0101010101 0101010101 1101010111 1110011010 1101110101 10010101 110001 1110101 1111011101 01101111 01010010101 11110100111 0010010 1101010101 11010111 1101000100 0111010101 11011100 010100100101 11010001001 1101011101 1101110101 1001010101 1110101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 460
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 113
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; thou, thy, its, your, and, his, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word scarce is repeated.

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