This is an analysis of the poem Elegy Iv: The Perfume that begins with:
Once, and but once found in thy company,
All thy supposed escapes are laid on me;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccXXXXddeebbffgghhhhhXddXhbbXeggichhbaggggffggjjXiggXbggkkffjjjjeebbab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 72,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111101100 1101011111 1101110101 1101110111 111101001100 11100101000 111101011 1111010100 1111111101 1101011011 1001010101 1111011110 1101010111 1100011111 1001001111 1111010111 1111111111 1111110111 1101010011 1101111101 010111111 11110010111 1100000101 0100111100 11110000111 1011110111 11010111010 1100110111 1111011101 0111011101 01111101100 1111011101 1101011111 101100101 1001110110 1111011101 11110101000 1101010111 1111011101 1101101100 0101111101 10111011011 1101011001 111001110 1001111111 1011111111 111011010 11010101111 0101001101 1110111111 1111110010 10101111100 1011011111 1111000101 1101011000 1111011101 1100011101 1001000101 11010100101 1100010101 1101010101 1110010100 1101100101 111101010 1111110011 01101111111 110110101001 1111111111 0100101101 1111110001 1101111100 10111011011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 3203
- Average number of words per stanza: 586
- Amount of lines: 72
- 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; and, me, good are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, by are repeated.
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- summary of Elegy Iv: The Perfume;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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