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

Dire one and desired one,
Savior, sentencer--...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX Xb cadefaXd gehiXj XXXkblX mXXagf aag caabcak iabXbaki kmacch egfnje ai aXXclklnfjia
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,8,6,7,6,3,7,8,6,6,2,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101 10100 01110101110 01101010 111 10 011010010010 10100010101 101001 11011110111 100100 101010 100111100 111111 1101 100110101 010101111010 101110111 110100 101101101101 11101110011 011010110010010 111001110010010 101111010101 11111000 110001010010 11001011010 110101010001 111010101010 11010010101110 11111010 11001110 01011010 010010 1101000101 1010110110 001001001 11001101 10110 001011100101 10010 10111011 101101011 01001011 1111101 111010111 0101010 0101110110 1100101 010100101010 10101000110 100101001010 1010110 110010 1001 100101111 10011100010110 10010110 1101100101 11000101101 010101111 1001010 1111101101 1010101 10100 10 1101011 1111110 101101 10010 1101111 11110111 1011111011 00100
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • 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, i, you, spoke, even, your are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word your is repeated.

    The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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