This is an analysis of the poem Ode 1373 that begins with:

I was dead, then alive.
Weeping, then laughing....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xa bcX de Xde fX dg ca hhi jj gf kk kc bkl b h Xgi fl iX jh aeXkbi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,2,3,2,2,2,3,2,2,2,2,3,1,1,3,2,2,2,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 10110 010011001 110111010 11010101 1111101 1101001 111110011 1111101 0101 11101010 00100 110101 11 1111010101 10100110 11111010101 11111010 10010 111101 1101 11110101 11101011110 11101011 110111 111001 11111010 1101101 11001101000 10011 1111101 1110 110100011 1101111101 11110010 0111011010 11001011111 111101101000 100001110110 010101 111 0110110 1011001011 1111001 00111 010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 66
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i is repeated.

    The author used the same words i, he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines wings is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Ode 1373;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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