This is an analysis of the poem Rural Elegance, An Ode To The Late Duchess Of Somerset that begins with:
While orient skies restore the day,
And dew-drops catch the lucid ray;... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcbc bdbdaa babaeee ebebffbb gagahehediid jjffggcc baabbkkaa eegbgbggkk cjcjllggaaa geaeadhdmcbhhb gkgkffjgccjgee ahahjgagjjaaa eeeemfcfnkknn ieiefefejjbb mamabccbbbb jjebebffihihcc eoeoggg dhhdkcckfddmmddf akaakcXgckffjjff aakgkggg ceceeeeebb bggccb bg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,7,8,12,8,9,10,11,14,14,13,13,12,11,14,7,16,16,8,10,6,11,12,9,6,26,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110110101 11110101 01010101 010101 110101001 110101 110101100101 110100101 1101110101 11110111 1111010101 1111011101001 100100101 01011101 11010101 110100101 1101110101 10011101 1011010101 111101 11011101 1101110101 01010101 10001001 11010111 110010001 0101010101 11010010111 10111111 10110101 11010101 01011101 01010101 1100010101 10010101 1011010111 11010101 01011001 0101010111 100110101 10000101001101 01010101 01010101 11010101 1111110101 1001011101 110101011111 1111111101 01001111 01010101 010101001 111000101 1101010101 01000101 11110111 110001111001 11010101001 10010101 11111111 110100101 11011101 11010101 1101010101 01010101 101011011001 101101110001 01010101 01010101 010101001 1101011101 11011101 11010101 1111011011 01001011001 010100001 11010111 0101010101111 1010110101 10010101 10010101 01010101 01010101 11010101 1010010101 0111010101 010000110 01010101 01010101 01010101 010101001 110101 01010101 11010101 110010001 11010101 11111101 11011101 110010101 11010101 11110101 1110101 11110101 01011001 1111011101 1001010010111 11110101 01010101 11011101 1101010101 110001011 10111101 01010101 01010101 110000101 10110101 100101001 10010010001 110111010101 11010101 11010101 11110101 110010101 110101010 1101100101 11010001 11010101 01010101 11110101 01110101 1101010111 1101011100101 1100111101 01110101 01110101 110100101 10110101 11010101 10110101 110100101 10010101 11010101 11110101 0110111110101 11010001010 11010101 111101010010 110010110001 1100110101 01011101 01010101 11010101 1101000101 11010101 110101110001 11110001 011001010011 11010101 110100101 1111110111 11110101 1101010101 110101010101 11010001 110101001 11010101 11000111 110101001 11110010101 11110101 11010101 11100101 01010101 10110100101 110101 110101110101 01111001 01010101 10010111 01010101 1111010101 11110101 010111001 11001101 010101 110010101 11010101 110001010 1000101010 10100101 10110101 110101 0101010101 01010101 11011101 1101010101 11010101 11011101 0111010110 1100111001 01010111 0101000101 0010010111 01010101 0101101 01000101 0101110101 110101110101 11010101 11010101001 11010101 01010101 10010101 01011101 1101110101 110101110001 1101110001 01011101 1111000101 11010101 00101010011 0101010101 11110101 10010101 10110101 0101010100101 11010101001 01010101 11011101 11010101 010100101 110101 00110101 110111010 11010101 011101010 11100001 01010101 01011101 11010001 01010101 1001010101 0101011111001 11110101 11111101 01011101 01010101 11011101 1111000111 11010101010 01010101 010101001 01010101 01100101 010101110101 101101 1101101001 10111001 010101 11010101 110111001 011101 1001010111 11010101 111101111 1111101 1101000101 01010101 11010101 1101010101001 11110101 11010101001 110101001 01110101 11011101 10010101 11010111 01010101 11010101 110101010 11110101 1001011111 110111110101 01110001 11011101 110110001 110010111 100101 1111000101 11100011 010100001 01010101 01010101 1101010101 101101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 28
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 397
- Average number of words per stanza: 68
- Amount of lines: 294
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; or, to, and, for, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, unpleased, or, enjoys, when, that, o, not, why, for, some, there, had, awhile, the, whatever, to, shall are repeated.
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