This is an analysis of the poem Lines Sent To Elia, that begins with:
Elia! thro' irony of hearts the mender,
May this pig prove like thine own pathos—tender.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaaa XbbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 010110001010 10111111010 10110000101 1101011101 1101110111 0101111100 1 0101110101 1101000101 111010111100 1111110111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Lines Sent To Elia,;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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