This is an analysis of the poem Elegiac I. that begins with:
From thy far sources, 'mid mountains airily climbing,
Pass to the rich lowland, thou busy sunny river;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabXbXXabXba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0111011010010 1001111101010 10011010010010 10011001001010 1111001010011 101110100100 1101011110011 1010101010100 10011011110010 1010101001010 10011011110011 1001101001110 10011011010011 101111101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 759
- Average number of words per stanza: 117
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thee, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words through, pass are repeated.
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- summary of Elegiac I.;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Arthur Hugh Clough
- Analysis of Elegiac Ii.
- Analysis of Amours De Voyage, Canto Iv
- Analysis of Amours De Voyage, Canto Iii
