This is an analysis of Absence: A Farewell Ode On Quitting School For Jesus College by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Where graced with many a classic spoil
Cam rolls his reverend stream along,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdd aeaeffgg ceceXhhh
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 110100101 110100101 1101011 11011111 11110001 1001101011 11110011 01100101 110111011 110011111 110110101 11001101 11110101 110110101 11011101 110100101 011110010 11011101 011101001 10010101 11110110 01010101 111000101 110100001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24