This is an analysis of the poem Birth-Day Ode 03 that begins with:
And wouldst thou seek the low abode
Where PEACE delights to dwell?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccadede fXgeeghh bbdffdd ggbaba aaaaiigffX ijdggdbjbj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,7,6,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 110101 110011101 010011101 01110101 10010001 1100111 110100101 1101001010101 11110101 11110110 0100111 11110111 110011111 1100111001 1010111 10011101 110011001 01110101 0101001 1100100101 11010101 11011101 110011101 01011111 01110101 110101 11011101 1111101001 110101110111 1100111001 111101 01100101 11010101 1111101001 101010111 1011101 11110101 101011111 101001010 110101101 11010101 110111 110011101 110011101 011111 11100111 110011 11010001 010100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 302
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and, every, her, there are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, no are repeated.
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