This is an analysis of the poem Ode For An Agricultural Celebration that begins with:

Far back in the ages,
The plough with wreaths was crowned;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdaeaecfcfghghiaia
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010 010111 0101110 010101 11010101 1101110 11010101 1111010 1010101 0111010 11010101 11010010 011110 010111 0101110 010111 11110101 0111010 01010101 1101110 10110101 1101010 01110101 11001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 778
  • Average number of words per stanza: 135
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; her is repeated.

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

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