This is an analysis of the poem Elegy Iv that begins with:
The solemn hand of sable-suited night
Enwraps the silent earth with mantle drear;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbcbdbdefefghghfcfcggggijijaaaakjkjfXfXlmlmibibhjhXijij
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 60,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101010101 1001010101 110010111001 1111010101 100110101001 011010101 11010101001 01010101001 1101000101 1011110101 0101010111 11010100101 1101010101 11001010101 1101010101 1001000111 1101010101 110100011 1101111111 1111010101 1101010101 1101011101 11010111001 1101111001 11010100101 1100110101 0101011101 0101000101 1101010111 0111110111 1011010101 11010101001 01001100001 1101110101 0101111101 1101001101 1111010101 01001001101 1001011101 11010100101 0101011111 010100000101 110111001001 11001011110 11011101110 1111010101 111110011010 1111001101 1111110101 11110010001 11110010101 0111010111 1101111101 1101010101 1101110011 1101010010 11011101111 0111000111 0111110111 1101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2625
- Average number of words per stanza: 468
- Amount of lines: 60
- 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; my is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, and are repeated.
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- summary of Elegy Iv;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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