This is an analysis of the poem An Ode To The King, At His Returning From Scotland To The Queen, After His Coronation There that begins with:

Rouse up thy self, my gentle Muse,
Though now our green conceits be gray,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababb cacaa ddddd bXbeecc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11111101 11111001 11111101 011100111 01000101 11010111 110010101 11000101 10100111 11010101 00110111 1100101 11111111 11011101 11010111 11110111 01010101 11010111 10010011 11011101 11110101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; his, and are repeated.

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