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

On him shall fame, shall endless glory wait,
Him future ages crown with just applause,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcefgfghihijijidieiagagdkdklglgfmfmbhbh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111110101 1101010101 1101000101 1011000101 1111010011 1101011101 1011010101 0101010100 10101110111 011110111 1011011111 0101010101 1101010101 01011101001 110111000101 0101110101 10110111001 1101010101 00111001001 0101000101 1001111111 11010001001 1101010100 11001010001 11010010101 01010101001 0101011101 1011110101 01100011101 110100100101 1001000101 0101110101 0110010101 110111001001 1001010101 0100010101 10110010101 1111010101 11001010101 01011101001 1101010101 1011011101 0101010101 0101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1921
  • Average number of words per stanza: 330
  • 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; and, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

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