This is an analysis of the poem Elijah's Mantle that begins with:
A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF THE RIGHT HON. WILLIAM PITT.
When, by th' Almighty's dread command... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcaac bbdXad bbcaac cceddX eeabba Xdfggf hhbbbb ffeiie aajaaj ddkeXk ccahha lladda bbmiim bbXnnk bbXoob ppcddc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010001000011000101 111100101 01010101 100101 01001001 10010101 010101 01110101 010010101 100101 11011101 11001101 111001 01010101 011100101 1100101 11110111 11011001 110101 100111001 01001101 010101 01110101 01110101 110101 10111101 01101101 1100101 111000101 1100100101 110101 111101010 010011101 1011010 11101101 01010111 10111010 100101101 11011101 110111 1101101 010101001 111111 11011101 11010101 011101 010010101 11010111 111001 010010001 110110101 110011 10110111 11010111 1101001 11011101 10010101 111111 11111001 1101011010 110101 11000001 11010101 110101 11111101 11011101 110101 10110101 01011101 110111 011111001 11010101 1101001 10110101 11101101 111101 110101011 01010101 111101 11010111 01010101 011110 11110101 11011111 110101 11010101 111101001 1111100 110011111 010111001 010111 11011111 01011101 010101 101110101 01010111 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 112
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, thy, his, and, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words one, the are repeated.
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