This is an analysis of the poem Ode To Cynthia, On The Approach Of Spring that begins with:
Now in the cowslip's dewy cell
The fairies make their bed,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcB dddX cbcB cece efef bgbg hghg fifi jbjb dkfk ldld bjbjXbibi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10010101 010111 11010101 010101 01010101 110001 010010101 010101 01011101 010001 01010101 111110 11010101 110101 110010101 010101 110100001 110101 11010111 010011 11111111 110111 010100111 101111 11010101 110110 11111101 010101 11110111 011111 11010111 011111 11001101 111101 11011101 110101 11011101 110001 10011101 110011 01011111 110101 01110111 1110101 11110101 110101 11111101 110101 110011101 111101 11011101 111101 110111001 111101 01011101 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; my, to, in, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, or are repeated.
The author used the same words the, no at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines death is repeated).
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