This is an analysis of the poem Ode To The Sublime Porte that begins with:

Great Sultan, how wise are thy state compositions!
And oh, above all, I admire that Decree,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XXXX acac dbdX XaXX efef ghgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111111010 11011101101 011101111010 11101011001 1110010110010 01101011001 11001001011000 1110100100110 111110110110 1100100100100 1011110010110 0100101100100 010110110010 11100101000111 111010111010 10111100101100 1110010001001 110010010110 1110010001010 11101101100100 11011011101 101011111001 11010111101 111011001001 11111001101 001001001001 101101011011 111101011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; art, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word art is repeated.

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