This is an analysis of Ode To Harmony by Henry James Pye.
I.
Immortal Harmony! thy heavenly strain…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcbcddefefaa XgdgdddcccchhddcXbb Xdddddhfddcciijj XeiXiaaiiddaX adfdhffbbajajkkll
- Stanza lengths: 13,19,16,13,17,
- Metre: 1 01010011001 101011111 110110101 00101010101 01101010101 1111010011110 11011101 110010101 01010101 11010101 11010101 100101010101 1 11010101 01010101 11010101 01010101 1010101 11000101 10010101 01011001 10010101 101010101 110101010 110101010 11110101 101100101 11010101 11011101 1010101 010101010101 1 11110101 10010001 100101001 10010101 010101 110101010 110010101 1110101 1011001001 11010101 0101001001 11010101 11110101 11011101 110101110101 1 11010101 01001011 110111001 1101001 11100101 11010101 11010101 11010101 00110101 01000101 11010101 010010100 1 11010101 01110101 11010101 0101010 110011101 01110101 11110101 1101110101 100101001 010101 110010001 110101 11000101 10010101 1101010101 10001011100101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 78
Anaphora
the, 'tis, now
