This is an analysis of the poem Ode--Shell The Old City! Shell! that begins with:
I.
Shell the old city I shell!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbbcdeec X bbbfgggf X hchheeeh X iiijhhhj a iiikhXhk a jjjbkkkb X jjjckkkc X hhhhkkXh X hhhlbbbl c hhhlaXal a hhhmjjjm X lllennne X kkkhjjjh X jjjldddl X bbbahhhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1011011 110001 111101 0101 1101110 011101 111101 1011 1 110111 0111010 101101 1111 111111 111111 001111 1101 1 111111 111101 101111 1111 010101 111101 0100111 1011 1 100101 101101 010111 1101 1001010 1111110 1001010 0101 1 110101 1101001 011111 11001 111101 1001010 001101 1001 1 110001 110011 111101 1111 100101 101101 111101 1101 1 110101 101101 011001 1101 110001 010111 110011 0111 1 0101010 1111010 1111010 0101 1100111 110101 1001100 1111 1 100101 110101 1101101 0111 011101 110101 100111 0101 1 111101 110101 100111 11110 100101 011101 110101 01010 1 111111 110101 100011 1101 110111 100111 110101 1111 1 0010001 101111 111101 0101 110111 010111 0100111 0101 1 111111 110101 100111 1001 101001 110111 110001 01001 1 111101 011101 000101 01110 1111010 11110010 1101110 01110 1 101101 101101 110101 10111 0100111 011101 111101 1011
- Amount of stanzas: 29
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 135
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ye, each, to are repeated.
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