This is an analysis of the poem Ode On The Departed Regency Bill that begins with:

DAUGHTER of Chaos' doting years,
Nurse of ten thousand hopes and fears,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbefebgbggXffggaabbXXhhaaiijbXbkk lkbmbmggkkkkllbbnnaachchajnjaabb Xhihi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,32,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001100 10110111 1011000101 0101001101 10101001 1010101 10011101 1010101 11011101 01010001 01110101 11111101 1001001 11010101 01011101 01110101 1111010101 11011111 0101010101 1101110101 10111011 1010001 10100101 1010101 1001101 1010101 11101001 10010011 1010010 010010 1010010 011110 111110 110110 110111 011101 110100 1101 11111111 1101 111111010 11010101 11010111 1101100101 0101010101 11111101 10010101 0100110101 110100101 11110101 11011101 1010001 110111010 010001010 01010111 1101000101 1111010101 1111010001 1111010101 1101010101 1110010111 0101010101 11010010101 1101010101 1100010110 10010101001 01110010111 1101110101 1101111101 1011001101 010101001 1101000101 11011101 111101 11010101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 886
  • Average number of words per stanza: 153
  • Amount of lines: 78
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; of, by, and are repeated.

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

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