This is an analysis of the poem Ode - So Dear My Lucio Is To Me that begins with:

So dear my Lucio is to me,
So well our minds and tempers blend,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXc dbdbee fgfghh cgXgaa dbdbdd didicc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100001 11111101 11011101 11011011 110100110 01011101 110111001 110011001 01010111 01010101 11110101 11011101 01010101 110100101 01010101 10111101 11110111 11010011 111011101 111100101 110101010 01111101 110101001 01111111 1101001 110111001 01110101 11111001 111100111 01010101 11010101 01010001 110010101 11010101 11110001 10011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; her is repeated.

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

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