This is an analysis of the poem Athe Anniverse. An Elegy. that begins with:

So soon grown old! hast thou been six years dead?
Poor earth, once by my Love inhabited! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbXccaaddddbbeeffbXggeebbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111110101 1111110100 1111010101 0111011101 1100011111 1001110100 1100110111 0111000101 1111100111 000110001 1101011111 0101010111 1111011100 0011011001 0101010101 1111100100 1101111111 1111010101 0111110001 1111011101 1011010101 1011011011 11010011101 111101010 1101011111 0111010001 1101010100 10010111001 01011111000 1101100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1285
  • Average number of words per stanza: 234
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.

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