This is an analysis of the poem Ode For General Washington's Birthday that begins with:
NO Spartan tube, no Attic shell,
No lyre Æolian I awake;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccdeedee feefgdeehiihXXii ijkjiieeccXddff ccgeeglmmlffncnckkk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,16,15,19,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11011101 1110101 11001111 110100111 110010111 01010101 11000101 11100101 11111101 11010001001 01010011 1101011111001 101111 10110111 11110101 01010101 11001010101 10110101 11010101 110100101 11011110101 110101001 11110001 11010101 11110100 010011111 01010110001 111101010001 1011101 010101010 01111101001 11010101010 111101 1101010101 01010101 110100001001 010011010 100101010 10010111010100 11010100101 1111011100101 110110100101 10111010101 11010011101 11010101011 01110101 10110101 10000101 0111011101 1011001101 110010101 01110101 11010101 00010101001 1101100101 1111110101 100101010 111111001001 110001010 110110101 11111001 110111110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 604
- Average number of words per stanza: 104
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, and, where are repeated.
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