This is an analysis of the poem An Ode : While Blooming Youth And Gay Delight that begins with:

While blooming youth and gay delight
Sit on thy rosy cheeks confess'd,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabb ccXcdX efefcc bgbghh gagabb dhdhdd eeeghh dfdfhh ijijhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011101 11110101 11110101 010100101 1101011101 1111011101 11110101 110111101 01010100 11110111 111111001001 11110111110 11111101 11110101 11110011 01010101 0101111101 1111011111 11111011 01010101 11010101 11010100 1001110101 0101010011 11001101 01110101 01011101 01000101 0101010111 1001011101 11011111 10110001 01010101 11011101 0111011101 1101011101 11011101 01110011 110010101 11110101 1100010101 1111011111 01110111 11111101 01011111 11010101 11101110101 1101110101 11111101 11010001 11011101 110100101 11011100101 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; to, thy are repeated.

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

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