This is an analysis of the poem Elegy V that begins with:
Thee, sad Melpomene, I once again
Invoke, nor ask the idly plaintive verse:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbcdedefgfgdhdhefefababfbfbbbbbdgdgdidi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111001101 0111010101 1011110101 11110011101 1111010101 1101111101 11010001001 11011101001 1101011101 1111000101 11001010011 1011010111 1101111101 11001010111 1101010101 01110110001 1111110101 01110111010 11010100101 11010111010 1010110101 1101010101 1001010111 0101000101 1101111101 0101111101 1101010101 11010100101 0101011111 110010110101 11011011101 1111000101 11110010101 0011011101 1011110101 0101010101 10110010101 1101010111 1111110101 1111110111 11011100101 11010011101 1101010101 0101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1947
- Average number of words per stanza: 340
- Amount of lines: 44
- 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; your, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word which is repeated.
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