This is an analysis of the poem Ode On The Pleasure Arising From Vicissitude that begins with:

Now the golden Morn aloft
Waves her dew-bespangled wing,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdd eaeafXaa gbhb hfhfiiXj ieieggff jijiiikk Xdadllje ljljX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,4,8,8,8,8,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 1011001 01011101 1101001 11011101 01010001 110100101 100101001 1110101 1011101 01001101 010101 11011101 010010100 110000101 10011101 11111010 10101001 1110101 1101001 11010101 1010111 11010001 011101 110011101 11011101 11011110 01010101 11110001 1100111 110010101 010101 1101110010 110111010 11011101 10010101 1110101 1010101 010111001 010101 01011101 01110101 11010101 01110001 1011111 1010101 11010101 111101 01010001 01011101 01010101 011100101 1010101 1011101 11011011 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words rise, the are repeated.

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