This is an analysis of the poem Ode To The Memory Of Burns that begins with:
Soul of the Poet ! wheresoe'er,
Reclaimed from earth, thy genius plume...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcXX dabdab eXXefg hijhij ebkebk llalla llllll gXmgam gllgll nldnld Xiof io dagdag igXigX jpqjpqXcmpcmp
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,4,2,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 100101000 01011101 01010100 011101001 10110010 01001101 11110101 1011111 100010100 11110111 01010101 11010100 111101110 01010100 010110100 100101010 01010101 01110101 111101001 010101001 11010101 011101001 110111001 11110101 11110101 010110100 110011111 01011101 11011100 11000101 10011101 01111101 01011101 11010101 01000111 11010101 11011101 01110101 110101001 1100010111 01010001 11110111 11010111 110011101 110011111 010000101 01110101 11110101 011100101 01010101 01010101 01111101 11110101 01011101 11110101 11010101 11010001 11010101 1010101001 01010001 000111000 01010001 01010101 110110101 01011101 01000101 11110111 01010111 11010101 11010101 11011111 11011101 11010101 11001101 010111001 01111111 01110100 10111101 11110101 11100001 10110011 111101101 11110001 11010101 11111101 01110101 00110011 11011101 11010101 01011111
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 90
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 words and, in, whose are repeated.
The author used the same words and, farewell at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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