This is an analysis of the poem Birth-Day Ode 02 that begins with:
Small is the new-born plant scarce seen
Amid the soft encircling green,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcbcddaa eeeeeX bbXecceff Xgcchhii ccXaga ccjjeegg jjkbbk gglleecciikkbbgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,9,8,6,8,6,16,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011111 010101001 11010101 11001010101 11010100 1101011111011 1001010101 1101110101 010111001001 010101010101 11001101 0101001001 1101010101 1101010101 1101000101 110101011000 1111111000 0111011101 1111010101 11011111 110101101 11011101 110101001 111100101 010001101 01110010 110100111 110100101 010101011 11011101 0101110101 11011101 01000101 11010101 01110101 11110110 111100100101 11110101 10011000101 11110111001 0111010111 01011111 01010101 11110011 11110011 10010001 11010011 11 111101 1011000111 1111010101 1000111 1011000101 10011101 10010101 01110001 01010101 01010101 01010101 01011101 01010101 11000101 1000101 1111001001 11010001 110010101 01110101 01010100101 110101100101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 331
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 69
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; and, we, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word for is repeated.
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