This is an analysis of the poem Ode To Health, 1730 that begins with:
O Health! capricious maid!
Why dost thou shun my peaceful bower,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba cddc effe gaag hiih hggh jidj kiik eiie jggj ccce eaae aiia accX ljjl ieeiXcccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 111111010 111101110 111101 110111 01110111 01011001 111101 110111 11110101 11110101 111101 110101 111110101 11111101 111101 110001 11010111 01010011 111101 011111 110010101 11011101 111101 110101 010010101 01010101 1101001 011101 111111001 111011101 111101 000111 11010101 01100101 111101 111101 111111001 11011101 101101 11111 10110111 110101011 010101 1100101 11111101 11010101 111101 110111 10111101 11011101 111101 1001101 11011001 110011101 111000 0101001 11010111 11011101 111111 1001101 010111001 11010101 010101 110101 010100101 10010111 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 68
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
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- summary of Ode To Health, 1730;
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- idea of the verse;
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