This is an analysis of the poem Ad Olum that begins with:
CALL me not rebel, though { here at every word
{in what I sing... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababaaXXccddX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111101111001 0111 0111011111 111 1101110111 1101110111 0111110111 10111010011 00101010101 11010111101 11010100101 1101010101 1111110110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 546
- Average number of words per stanza: 95
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase lord connects the lines.
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