This is an analysis of the poem Ode that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bccbcbcddbbeaefeXXgghhbccbbciXcbbccXjjkikill X jjmbmbiibbbb X cccckklkklcllafjnlXbbkkckkbafb X oocgcgjjppjlklkkkccbbqqlbbl a anjnjjafccfbbXq
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,44,1,12,1,30,1,27,1,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 0101010110 1101010001 01110111 00010100101 10010011101 0101010100 100011101 110001 01001110111011 1101110001 101111010001 010100101010 11010001 010100010 1011010100 010111010010 11010010101 11010101 101000011 0101000101 011100101 0101010101 0101010001 0101010101 001001010101 010101 1001001001 111101 1111011101 01011101100 01001010101 1011110101 01001010101 0100110011 100100111 0101010101 1001010101 111101110111 100110101010 0100001101 11010101010 1101010101 1111110001 110101010101 1 110010101 1110101101 0011011101 0111010101 0011010101 1101010101 0101010001 10010101 11011000111 0101000101 0111011111 0011010101 1 10010001 0101010001 1101010001 1101100011 1100110101110 100100101110 00110001101 0101001101 1001110100 0101010101 0101010001 1011101 0010100 110011101 011100100 11101010 00101010 10100110 00101010 101110010 101001010 0111010001 1010011 1011010111 010011111 010101110101 1001010101 11010101 1111110100 0110111101 1 10010111 11010101 11010001 01010101 01010111 0101011101 101010101 1101110101 1001110101 1101110111 1011110101 0101110111 110111 11010011 1111001100 111101110 1111110 1111011111 1101110101 1101110100 01010101 11010011001 1111010101 11010101 00101101 1101010101 0101010101 1 1001 1011010101 100101 0101011101 1111010001 0101000101 0101 11010000100 1100111101 1111111011 1111110100 101101 0111110111 1101011010 111111010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 515
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 133
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; to, and, his, for, thy, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, where, the, he, for are repeated.

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  • summary of Ode;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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