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

FROM THE NOVEL OF EMMELINE.
THOU spectre of terrific mien!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabaXcXddebeb ffgghihiccaagegeeecceaeaffXd
  • Stanza lengths: 13,28,
  • Metre: 00100101 11000101 1001011101 01111101 1111000100 111001001 110010010 0101010101 1111011111 11110011 01010011101 01110001 1101010101 101010011 110111001 1100101001010 100010101010 11010101 1001010101 010100101 0101010101 01111111 11011001 1011110101 1101010001 110101010 1101010101 010110010 1101010101 10010101 11010111 1111011101 1101110011 01110101 1101010101 11010001 1111000101 11001101 01010101 00110111000 1111011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 41

Repeated words/phrases

of, to

Anaphora

ah