This is an analysis of the poem Ode To Duty that begins with:
STERN Daughter of the Voice of God!
O Duty! if that name thou love, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXXXcd ceceffff fcfdaaaa afafaacc gfgfhhii fjfjaXhh kjkjhhll mamahjbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11000101 11001111 11010101 01010110 11110011 11010100 01010111 110101010100 11111011 01010111 11010001 01010101 11010111 11111101 10110001 1111011100101 01001111 11001100 11011001 11010100 11010111 101110101 10010001 111101010011 11010101 110100101 11001101 110110011 11101111 11011101 01010101 111111110011 11010011 11010011 11001101 10010001 100101010 110101010 11111111 111001110001 11011101 11010001 01111111 111000011 11000101 11010100 01010111 110111010011 11001111 01011001 11110111 10010111 101011111 11001101 11010101 1011010111111 0100101010 11111101 101100010 11110111 11011101 01001101 01000101 100101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; and, i, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.
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