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

CHORUS OF SPIRITS:
FIRST SPIRIT:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a baabcbcddd eXfXfgbbb hhagageeX biijXjaddd bccebebbbb kkchcXlll cX mmff hhX b Xhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,9,9,10,10,9,2,4,3,1,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10010 110 1010101 1010101 1010101 1111111 0001101 00010111 1010101 101001 01110101 10011101 1111100 1011101 11111000 1111101 11101010 11011111 11010101 1001001 10110101 10111001 01101001 0110101 1010111 1010101 11000111 1010101 1100110 1010 11101110 11011010 1111001 10111000 1010001 1010101 0111101 1011101 0011001 110 100101001 11010101 10101111 10101010 1111111 00100110 0111101 1110101 1110101 10100101 1000101 111011110 1110101 10001010 101000110 0111101 0110101 01011101 1010001010 1011011100101011001 010110111 010010101 11010101 11111001 1010101 1110001 10 101 1010111 1011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, which are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Ode To Heaven;
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  • history of its creation;
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