This is an analysis of the poem An Ode that begins with:
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NOT with slow, funereal sound... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcdadceeX ffafgga X hhiiffffhhbbhhjcjcc X kffklXilieeiffigglljfffjfdfeed ammhhma
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,7,1,19,1,30,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1011001 1100101 10101110101 100101 010101 101101 111111 100101 1111010101 110100 1001010101 0101010001 110101 010101 110101 001101 0101000101 1 1111110000 1111010011 1111 1111110001 101111101 01111101 01011001 0101010011 01010011 11010101 1111 010101 110101 1101001 110111 1111010111 1111111101 1001010101 110101 1 110101 111101 010101 110111 111101 111100 0101011001 01101 110101 111101 111111 1111110111 111111 010101 0101110101 1100110001 110101 110111 010101 101101 010101 100101 110101 110011 010101 1101010111 110101 1101011101 111101 010101 01010101 110101 010001 110101 0101 0101 0101011111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 316
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; to, children, s, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, to are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines eyes is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of An Ode;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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