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

Who gave thee, O Beauty!
The keys of this breast,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdeXefgdghbcbdhihXjddkkhheeff bhhhccffhhgddggddeeddXddgkgililddff mmbbeennjcggbb faaaiibbjjddffXcff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,35,14,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 01001 110010 01110 110110 11101 111010 11111 111111 11111 110010 11001 111110 11001 110010 11011 110010 11001 111110 001001 1010100 1010101 1010101 1011101 01010101 01010101 01010101 01000101 01010001 1100001 0110101 11010001 11100 01101 101001 11001 010110 00110 0111 0111 0111 1111 1111 11010 010111110 00111001 110001001 11010101 1010001 1011001 1100101 11010101 110101 01000100 110001 110101 0010001 1101010 1010101 0100111 0101001 111111 111111 101110010 10111010 1010101 01011111 11010101 1010101 1110001 1110001 11111101 10111101 1010100 10010111 1110001 10100010 1011101 10011001 1110101 0010111 1101101 1010100 11101110 00111010 10111010 010101010 01010101 1010011 10010101 1111101 10110001 01110101 1011111 01011111 111101100 100101010 110110110 1011111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 684
  • Average number of words per stanza: 126
  • Amount of lines: 99
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; me, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thou, the, somewhat, no are repeated.

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

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