This is an analysis of the poem A Pastoral Ode. To The Hon. Sir Richard Lyttleton that begins with:
The morn dispensed a dubious light,
A sudden mist had stolen from sight... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddeeee cXfggf ggdXgd hhehhe iibaab ggecce ggjggj ggkhhk ggekke ggegge ddahha aaXllh ggeiie ggdggd eeecce llhcch ggcccc aXecce hhcccc aacbbc hhkcck bbcjjc hhdeeX ccfccf gggmmg hheiieXaagiig
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 010101001 010111001 110111 110101010 010101010 1101001 11010101 010111001 110101 11010101 110101011 111111 1101001001 10010001 1100101 01011101 11010101 011001 11010101 11010101 110101 110101000 01010101 110111 110100111 0100101001 110101 11010101 11010101 110101 01010101 0110001001 110101 11111101 01010111 111101 110001001 11011101 011101 10011101 1100100111 010101 10010101 01010101 110101 11110001 11011101 110111 11110101 11010001 0101001 01011101 11010101 0100111 11010101 100010101 100101 10010101 110101001 110101 11011101 11010101 010001 10110101 01010101 110101 11011111 11010101 010101 11010101 01010101 1100101 11110001 110101001 110101 111101010 010101010 110101 11110101 11100101 010101 11011101 11011101 111101 11111101 11110111 110101 11010101 01011101 0101001 10011101 11010101 110111 01000101 11010001 1101101 110001010 1101010010 010101 11110001 11110011 010101 11110101 110010101 0100101 010111010 01010101 111101 11011101 11110111 110001 01011101 11010101 010101 11110111 11010101 010101 11110101 11000101 011101 110011001 01000101 010101 01111001 11100101 010101 11110101 11011101 110101 11010101 01010011 010101 1011101001 10010101 0100101 111110001 010010101 1101001 11110101 11111101 111101 11111101 01010101 0101000 110111001 11110101 010101 111100001 110101001 111101 110111010 01011101 110101 01010101 01010001 110101 11011101 11010101 111101 11010101 01011111 111101 110011001 110111001 111101 11010111 110110001 011111
- Amount of stanzas: 28
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 168
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; to, his, nor, with, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, with, how are repeated.
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