This is an analysis of Ode On A Distant Prospect Of Clapham Academy by Thomas Hood.

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Ah me! those old familiar bounds!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bbbcXb X ddeaae X ffacca X ddbbbb a ggahhX a iifiif X jjdkkX X bXlmml X aXbffX k ggfccf a ccenne X cccjjc X ooicci X oofggf X oXcppc X llcbbc X hhcbbc X eegiig X fffaaf XXggoggo
  • Stanza lengths: 1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,8,
  • Metre: 1 11110101 11011101 110101 11010101 11010110 011101 1 11010111 01010101 010001 11010111 11010001 111101 1 111101111 11010101 010101 01011101 01011101 110101 1 01010101 11010101 110101 11010101 11010101 110011 1 11011101 11000101 110111 010100010 010101010 110110 1 11011101 01110101 110111 11111101 01011101 011101 1 11010001 11010101 110101 11010101 11010101 110110 1 10110101 11110011 111101 11010101 11010101 111001 1 11010011 010011 110001 11110101 11010101 111011 1 11110111 11111101 111111 11111111 11011001 111001 1 11110101 01010101 110101 01011111 110000101 010101 1 11011101 11011111 111101 01100111 11011101 110101 1 11111111 11110111 110111 11110111 01110001 111001 1 01011111 11111111 010101 11110011 10010101 110001 1 11110111 11010101 001101 01011101 11100111 010001 1 01110001 01010001 111101 01111101 110001111 110101 1 111110010 110111110 110101 11011111 010111 111111 1 11111111 11110101 111101 01010111 11110101 010101 1 11111111 11011111 110101 11000101 11011101 011101 1 10010111 010100111 111011 11111111 11111111 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 40
  • Lines: 158

Repeated words/phrases

there, and, who, some, for, to, our, thy

Anaphora

what, its, there, the, how, of, who, and, for, our