This is an analysis of the poem The Lay Of St. Odille that begins with:
Odille was a maid of a dignified race;
Her father, Count Otto, was lord of Alsace; ... full text
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- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,9,13,10,14,14,10,15,12,23,13,19,12,13,14,22,1,24,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101001011 01011111001 111101 101101 101101001001 0011011010001 101001001001 101101101010 110101101111 1100001101001 011011110001 11101011101 101001001101 11101 111101 11011111001 11011001110 111110001010 1110010010110 010010011010 111010111011 1010010010010 11101 101001 110011010010 11011111101 110101110100 01010111001 101011011001 11011 110111 111001011011 111001101101 011001011011 1110001001001 001001 111 1111110110110 101011101001 11110100010010 111110001001 11101001001 1100000011011 1001111101011 01011001011 001010 111011 01011101001 101111111111 111111010100 111101101101 101011011011 101111110011 10111111111 101101 1011 111111011011 11101011101 1110111001011 1001 011001 11100111001 111111010111 101111111110 1111011111 101011101011 101101 011110 111001001001 10101100101 11011101111 101111011101 111101 1010101 101101001101 101011011011 111011010001 1100011101010 111111111011 111101001011 111110001101 010001011101 011111111001 101001 1010110 11101101001 111101011001 10111101010 101101001001 111001101001 001101001011 111011001001 11001 101001 11101111101 01101 0110101 101101101110 110101001001 1010011010110 111011111101 11011101001 101011101010 11101111111 111101011011 111111001011 011001011001 11101101001 110001111001 101101011011 111001 111011 11011011101 101111101100 111011011010 01110111111 01001011001 111011001010 101101101001 011101011001 11011001001 101111 11011 011011111011 11111001001 101101101001 1111001001111 001111011001 101001101001 10111001111 11001001001 101001111101 111101001001 10101100 101101 01111010011 11101111101 111011010100 001001111001 110111011001 011001011001 111101111111 101101001001 10111001011 101101101110 101101001001 0010011 110111 111011011110 1011111101 111011111010 11001001011 01001001011 11111001101 011001101001 101011101101 01101011111 01101001011 111010010011 110011 001011 111011111001 1101 001001 101001001011 101101 001001 111111101001 111001011111 111001001110 11101001001 101101101001 111100101001 11001011001 001001001011 111101101001 111001011011 101110001111 101111110110 1110111111110 11011001111 1010111110100 01101111011 001011101101 111101011001 101001011011 101101011111 111011011011 01101111011 1010101101100 11101 001101 111011001101 1110011101101 11011111010 01001111001 11001101001 111111111111 001101101011 111111111001 111011111011 01011111011 011101111001 111001011101 101111 111101 111011001111 111011011011 1001010101100 111011011001 111011011001 11011011111 101011001011 111111111101 111101011011 101001111101 111011001011 111101 101001 011011111001 011111011011 001101011011 0010001011011 11101 011011 111101011101 11001001011 11001011111 100101111110 11101101101 01001011010 10 11101011101 101101011011 101101001011 111101001011 111010110010 1010010011100 011001011011 0010011011010 111111111101 01011110001 01 100111011010 111111101011 1111011001010 111001 11101 11001011011 111111111101 01111001111 01111111001 111011111111 111101011011 11101011001 1010110110010
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 616
- Average number of words per stanza: 115
- Amount of lines: 257
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; such, and, her, she, at, in, i, to, he, some, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words such, how, that, from, to are repeated.
The author used the same word the 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 it is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word odille at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Lay Of St. Odille;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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