This is an analysis of the poem Elegy (Tir'D With The Busy Crouds) that begins with:
Tir'd with the busy crouds, that all the day
Impatient throng where Folly's altars flame, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef fgfg caca dbdb hhhh dcdc cici bhbh fjfj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10001011101 0101110101 11010010101 1101010101 1110011101 11001010101 10101011101 1101011001 11110100101 1011110101 1101110101 11001110101 1111110101 1001010101 1101110101 11110101001 1101110001 1011110101 110001101001 1101110101 1011110101 1111010111 111100011101 1101010001 0111000101 1111010101 111110101001 1101010001 0101000101 1111001001001 0101010101 10110011001 0111110111 11001111001 1111110101 1101011011 11010101001 0101010101 1101110111 110010100111 1111011101 1101111101 1111010101 11100100101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; thy, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word now is repeated.
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- summary of Elegy (Tir'D With The Busy Crouds);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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