This is an analysis of the poem To Beethoven that begins with:
In o'er-strict calyx lingering,
Lay music's bud too long unblown,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXab ACAC DeDE fgfg hihi gjgj jkjk eleX hlhX dbdb mnmn Xbjb eoeo eheh ACAC DeDEXemem
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 010110100 11011110 111001001 11001101 11000101 11010111 11000111 11000101 11111111 11011111 11110101 01010100 011101010 11110101 010101010 01011111 01101011 10110011 01010111 110010001 01111101 11111101 01111101 11110111 1010011101 11010101 1010011101 110010101 01010101 11011101 11110111 11001101 11011011 11110101 11101101 11111101 11110111 10110111 11010001 11010101 111100010 11110101 11111101 01110101 01111100 01110101 01111101 01010011 11111101 01110100 11011111 01010100 01011101 11010001 01010011 11010101 11000101 11010111 11000111 11000101 11111111 11010111 11110101 01010100 10011111 11011101 11011101 10110101
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 68
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; of, and, no, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, the, no, to are repeated.
The author used the same words the, why at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of To Beethoven;
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