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

Now the brown woods their leafy load resign
And rage the tempests with resistless force?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgcgchiXijgjghfhfgkgkllllhdhdmmmmfgfgmama
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 52,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011110101 1101001001 1001010101 11010101001 1101011101 1101010101 11101010101 1011010101 100011101010 1101110101 110010111010 010100101101 11011010101 1100110101 1111011101 0101010101 1011110111 111111111 010111000110 1111000101 11011100101 11010010101 011101001001 0111010111 1110010101 01010100001 0111010101 1101010101 1001010101 01010010111 1101010101 0111011101 0101110101 1011011101 1101010101 1111010001 1100011101 1011010101 1101010101 1101010011 11110101001 1111010101 11010101001 1100101001001 010010101001 0101110001 01110011101 1001011101 1101010111 0101110101 1101110101 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2270
  • Average number of words per stanza: 390
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • 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; short, our, ye, and, alike, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, as, alike, let are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase far connects the lines.

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  • summary of Elegy Ii;
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  • history of its creation;
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