Elegy by Dylan Thomas: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Elegy that begins with:

Too proud to die; broken and blind he died
The darkest way, and did not turn away,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba bcd cdc aXa aXa Xba bae aea aaa abd bdX fXf babXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101101111 0101101101 0111100101 1110110101 1110111011 1100101111 10101111011 111010010011 0111110101 1111110011 010100111100 11111101011 11001011011 0010110101 11111010001 1001111111 10101001001 1111011101 11111011111 0101011011 10110110111 10100110111 1001111111 1111100101 01001000111 10101011101 1011100101 1001110111 1010100101 111001111 1000110011 1101011111 111111011010 11011010101 1101110101 1101111011 1101011111 111011111 0110011101 0111101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, he, his, of are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Elegy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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