This is an analysis of the poem The War-Elegies Of Tyrtæus, Imitated: Elegy Ii. that begins with:

How long in sloth's inglorious fetters bound
Slumber the brave?—The soft enchantment break.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcdedefgfgghghididagag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010100101 1001010101 1001010101 1110011101 1011100101 1101010111 11011100110 1011011111 1101010111 11110101001 10010010101 11001010101 1101010101 1011010101 1101010101 111000101 1011110101 1111100101 1001010101 0111010101 0101010101 110011010001 11010100101 01001010101 0100111101 01010010101 1101010101 0101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 217
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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; his is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words tho', to, his are repeated.

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  • summary of The War-Elegies Of Tyrtæus, Imitated: Elegy Ii.;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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