This is an analysis of the poem Ode On A Distant Prospect Of Eton College that begins with:
Ye distant spires, ye antique towers,
That crown the watry glade,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccdeeX bfbfcceXgX fhfhiiXbbX jdjkffXbbX bjbjccfjjX ldldjjfbbX mbmbggjmmX adhkddcXbX gfgfaaXbbX ffffjjahhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110110110 110101 11010101 010101 11100101 010110101 01010101 111111001 10010101 010101 11011101 1101001 11110111 010101 11011011 01010101 11011101 11011101 110001 010101 11011111 1100101 10011101 010101 11110101 01011101 01010110 11010001 01010101 110101 11110101 110101 110101101 010100 11010001 01001101 10110110 11111101 110101001 110101 11011101 110101 01011111 011001 11010101 11010101 11010101 01010101 01010101 1110101 01010011 010101 11110101 110101 11110101 01000101 111000101 11010111 01110101 110111 11010101 010001 01010101 111101 11011111 11000101 11010101 11011101 110010001 110101 01001101 110101 01010101 110100 01011111 11100101 11010101 110101100 11010101 010101 10010001 010111 01010001 1100111 010101001 1100100101 10010101 11000101 11010101 1101010 01010111 010101 01010101 1010101 11111111 11010111 11001101 11011101 11110001 1100011111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 330
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 100
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; of, whose, ah, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, ah, and, the, or are repeated.
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