This is an analysis of the poem Ode To Lycoris. May 1817 that begins with:

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AN age hath been when Earth was proud... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcbbbbaXXaddeedd X fgfghhcchffhddddii X hbXbaajjhaXhhXaaii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,18,1,18,1,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11101111 010101 00011101 010101 1101101 110100101 11010101 11000101 01111101 01010101 11000101 11011 110010101 01010101 11010101 11110101 1101110101 010110101 1 01110101 110101 11100101 1100001 11011101 01000101 01110011 01010100 10001101 11110101 11010101 010100 10010111 01010101 11010101 010000101 1101011101 00010100 1 11010011 111101 100101011 011111 01010101 11010101 11010101 110101001 11001101 110110111 10010100 010001 11010101 010010000 11010101 01101101 1111010111 010010100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 303
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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