Analysis of Birth-Day Ode 01
Robert Southey 1774 (Bristol) – 1843 (London)
O my faithful Friend!
O early chosen, ever found the same,
And trusted and beloved! once more the verse
Long destin'd, always obvious to thine ear,
Attend indulgent.
| Scheme | ABCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tanka (20%) |
| Metre | 11101 1101010101 0100011101 1101100111 01010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 169 |
| Words | 30 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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