This is an analysis of the poem Elegy Ix: The Autumnal that begins with:

No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace
As I have seen in one autumnal face.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddcXaaXefXccXeffffggffhhaXXXhhiiggjjhhhhkkdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 50,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10111010111 1111010101 1101111101 0111011101 0101011111 0101110001 0010010111 1111111101 1101010101 0001000101 1111111101 1001010100 1111010110 1011111011 1111111111 1001111000 1110110011 1111011101 1111110100 0111010101 1111001111 1110001101 0101101101 1111011101 0011010101 1111010101 1111000111 1101010101 1011010101 11111101111 11011011001 0101010100 0111111001 1111000100 0101011101 11010010101 1111010111 1111011011 1111011111 1111101111 1100100100101 011111010 1111011101 111101010 1101111101 0111001101 11110010011 1101110101 1101010101 1111001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2303
  • Average number of words per stanza: 401
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; graves, here, he, all, whose are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase here connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Elegy Ix: The Autumnal;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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