This is an analysis of Ode To Death by Charlotte Smith.

FRIEND of the wretched! wherefore should the eye
Of blank Despair, whence tears have ceased to flow,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcdcddaeaeefgfggXaeaee
  • Stanza lengths: 26,
  • Metre: 10010100101 0101111101 01011100101 1101110101 1001010101 1100011101 01011001001 1101100111 1111010001 010101010101 1101001111 11010010101 1101110101 1101010101 010101000101 1101011101 1111011101 1101110111 1111110111 010101010101 110011100101 1101011111 1111010101 1101001101 1101010101001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 25

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