An Elegy Upon S. W. R. by Henry King: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem An Elegy Upon S. W. R. that begins with:

I will not weep, for 'twere as great a sin
To shed a tear for thee, as to have bin ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeXffXeggeeXghhaaaadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011111101 0101111011 1100111111 11010011101 011111101 0111110111 111001111 1111011010 1111111100 1111011101 0101001001 1101110111 0101101111 1100101100 0101111101 1101001101 11110111010 11010101110 11110111010 1111000111 1101011111 0111111111 100111010 1110101111 11011101001 01110101111 11110010111 0111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1235
  • Average number of words per stanza: 231
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, i, to are repeated.

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