This is an analysis of the poem Ode On A Distant Prospect Of Clapham Academy that begins with:
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Ah me! those old familiar bounds! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbbcXb X ddeaae X ffacca X ddbbbb a ggahhX a iifiif X jjdkkX X bXlmml X aXbffX k ggfccf a ccenne X cccjjc X ooicci X oofggf X oXcppc X llcbbc X hhcbbc X eegiig X fffaaf XXggoggo
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11110101 11011101 110101 11010101 11010110 011101 1 11010111 01010101 010001 11010111 11010001 111101 1 111101111 11010101 010101 01011101 01011101 110101 1 01010101 11010101 110101 11010101 11010101 110011 1 11011101 11000101 110111 010100010 010101010 110110 1 11011101 01110101 110111 11111101 01011101 011101 1 11010001 11010101 110101 11010101 11010101 110110 1 10110101 11110011 111101 11010101 11010101 111001 1 11010011 010011 110001 11110101 11010101 111011 1 11110111 11111101 111111 11111111 11011001 111001 1 11110101 01010101 110101 01011111 110000101 010101 1 11011101 11011111 111101 01100111 11011101 110101 1 11111111 11110111 110111 11110111 01110001 111001 1 01011111 11111111 010101 11110011 10010101 110001 1 11110111 11010101 001101 01011101 11100111 010001 1 01110001 01010001 111101 01111101 110001111 110101 1 111110010 110111110 110101 11011111 010111 111111 1 11111111 11110101 111101 01010111 11110101 010101 1 11111111 11011111 110101 11000101 11011101 011101 1 10010111 010100111 111011 11111111 11111111 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 40
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 158
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; there, and, who, some, for, to, our, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, its, there, the, how, of, who, and, for, our are repeated.
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