This is an analysis of the poem The Faithful Few: An Ode that begins with:

While Pow'r triumphant bears unrival'd Sway,
Propt by the Aid of all-prevailing Gold;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc XdXdee fgfghh gigiaa bbbbXi ddddXb ijijXh gjgjgg fhfhaa kikidd jajagg hhhhgg hdXdll hahaii bhbXaa bgbgbb fXfbee ddddgg gigibb gigibb ebgbdd Xhahkk hdhdhh X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010101 1101010101 1101010101 1101110001 0110000101 0101010101 0111111101 0101000101 1101001101 1101000101 1010110101 1101000101 11001011101 1111011001 10001011101 0101110101 0101010101 1101011101 0111000101 0101010101 01001110101 1101010001 1101010111 1101010101 1111011101 01110100101 1101110101 1001010101 1111010101 0101110111 1101110101 0101010001 11001011101 1101000101 11010100110 1101010101 1100010101 0101000101 0101011101 1101010001 1101010010 10111101001 0100110101 0111110101 1101001111 1101000011 1010010101 1101110101 1101111101 01001010101 1101110101 1101010101 1101010111 1001110101 1101011001 0101110001 1101010101 0101001101 0101010001 0110001101 11010101001 1101010101 1001010111 0111011101 0101010101 0101110001 1001110101 0101110101 1101010101 0101010001 1101011101 11010100101 1100110101 01010010001 1001000110 1001010101 1101010101 1101010001 1101110101 11010011111 1101010101 0101011111 1101011111 1101011101 10110100111 1101110101 1101110001 0101010110 0101010101 11010101001 1101010101 0101010111 0110011110 0101010111 1101010101 0101011101 1101011101 1001010110 0101010111 1101000101 1100010101 1101010101 1101110101 11010011001 11110101001 1101010101 1111010101 1111011101 01111100101 1100100101 11010101001 1101010011 11010100111 11101010101 1010010101 11001110111 1110110101 1101010101 1111010101 0011000101 1101100111 1100010111 1101010001 1101010101 0101010001 1101010101 1101010100 10110011101 1011010101 1110000101 10001011101 1101010101 110011101 1111010011 1111010101 1111000101 1011010101 1111011101 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 161
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, in, to are repeated.

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

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