This is an analysis of the poem An Ode In Blessed Memory that begins with:

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A sudden bliss has seized my mind,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcdedfdag XbchXifXccj Xcjddkljdbd Xccaggmcgad XjnccojXcci Xfbmdijddhh XXhjannkidd XcjelcdjhkX Xgdgpoajcna Xdhhlccajcb XopbpmihdXc XihfXcjdXcc XachakpaXnX XcXcdjdkjaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01011111 1001010101 110101010101 010101010 0101010101 11010011 11010101 11110101 110101001 11100101 1 111101011 11010101 0110011 110101110 110101010 110111001 111101100 011110111 01110111 11010111 1 11011101 1100010 101101 11110001 01010101 01010101 10010101 01010101 10010101 11011111 1 110101010 01110101 110100111 11110101 11010101 01110101 10010101 01010111 01110111 10010011 1 0011001101 110001001 1001010001 11010101 0001001111 01001101 10111101010 11110100 11011111 101100010 1 11110101 010101001 10110111 011101001 1001101100 11010101 111111010 11010101 01010101 11111101 1 11110111 11010101 11010101 10010101 11001101 111101011 01101 11110110 10111101 101101101 1 0101010101 110101011 0101110001 01011111 01100101 01010101 111100111 111010101 11010101 110100010 1 10111111 11111101 11010111 011101110 11110001 01010101 01010101 111101010 01011101 0111 1 001111010 1101010101 0011110101 0101010001 1101110101 111001101 11010111 10110111 110101001 11010101 1 11100101 1100110 11010101 011111100 11011001 110101010 0101010110 110101 01010110 11010101 1 110110010 101101 1011110 11010101 11110101 01011001 1001110101 0101010100 110101110 01001111 1 01010101 11010100 11010001 0101010101 01010101 110101110 111101 100101001 1100111 110100 1 011111001 101000111000 01110101 010110011 11001101 01010101 11110101 11010101 010011010 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 366
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 154
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; i, your, my, just, he, and, to, our, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, his, let, the are repeated.

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

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