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

Tranquillity! thou better name
Than all the family of Fame!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeXXXXff ffgghhee iijjeeii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001101 11010001 11111101 01011101 11110101 01111101 1101110111 110101111001 111100111 111101001 1101100 11110101 101010101 110010100 01010010001 010101010101 11110101 110100101 10010101 01110101 11010101 11010111 1101110101 110101110101 01010101 01110101 11011111 01001101 01010111 00110011 0111110111 110101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 304
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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 is repeated.

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

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