This is an analysis of the poem Elegy I that begins with:
O Happiness! thou wish of every mind,
Whose form, more subtle than the fleeting air,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdacacededfcfcbgbgababchchgfgfigigdjdjkckcaaaafcacadadgaga
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 64,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11001101001 1111010101 111100100101 0111111101 1101011101 1111111101 0111011111 10010010101 0101011111 11010101001 1001010101 1101011001 1111010001 1011010101 1111010101 11010101001 11110101110 0111010111 110111001010 1101011011 1111110101 1101010101 10110010001 10110000101 0111110101 1101010001 11010001001 1111010101 1101001111 110100001001 1101110101 11010100011 0101110101 01100111010 1101110101 11111111010 1101010101 0100010101 11110001001 1001010101 1111010101 0101010101 01001011111 11010101001 1101010101 11001010101 0101010101 1101010111 0101111001 01010001001 1011011101 1111010101 01010101010 0100010101 1101011001 10011001001 01001010101 0111110101 0011011101 0101010101 1111010101 1101111101 1111011101 1011000101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2866
- Average number of words per stanza: 498
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; thy, and, his, to, of, by are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words who, the, will, there are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Elegy I;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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