This is an analysis of the poem Ode To The Departing Year that begins with:

I.
Spirit who sweepest the wild harp of Time!... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccXcddceeff Xbbgghihiee djjdklkelelmXmX XaaaXaeeannkikinhnhdbdbff Xcnncnddnhhff ahhnnooXfhfdnndimiXmimpdpdpipX addffififllididdede XmmiiieXeddqcqc XddddhbbXibiijj XAhadAhmmfdfXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,11,15,25,13,30,19,15,15,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1011001101 0011010101 1110010001 11111100101 1111010101 010101011 1101110101 1101000101 10011010 10101010 1101010111 11001011100001 1 1000101 0010101 01001110 11110011110 110111010 10101101 1110101010 1110101 100011 11111101 11111101 11010001 10010101 11110111001 01001010 110101 1111010 1001110101 101010000101 1101 11001111001 1101110101 1101010101 1011111111 110111100100 1 1101000101 110111101 1110010101001 11010010101 11111 1111101 11110101 01001110101 10010001 1111111 11111010 11010101 10101010 11011101 100010001 10101010 1110101 10101010 001010101 1011101 1010001 11110101 10010101 11101001 1 0101111101 1110110101 1011010101 11001110101 01011010001 11011101001 1101000100101 1101110101 10111010 00101010 01000111001 111100010101 1 010101 10111 11010101010 0101010 010101 010101110111 10101010 111001 101100010 1110101 11010011 111101 10010111 1101000111 111101 110011 111101 0011010111 11100111001 0101 0101010101 0101100101 10111101101 110101 1011010010101 1101111101 0101010101 1111010101 1101010 1 01110101 11111101 11010101 01010011 11110111 11111111 11010101 10010011 11111001 1010101 11010001 01010111 111000111 1111001101 010100111 1011101 101011 110010101 1 11011101 110011101 110111010 10101010 11010101 1000101 110111001 1010001 11010111 11000101 11100101 11010111 11010101 11110111101 1 010010110011 11001011001 111111101111 11011001011 010111010100 1101010101 11010101001 0101011011000 1011011111 1101110101 0100010101 11001110101 01110100111 1001000100011 1 011101 0101010101 11110100101 1111010101 011101 1100000101 01011101 0100111101 1111000101 111010101 0011001110 10010010110 1101000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 614
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 170
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her, o, my, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words from, i, ye, my are repeated.

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