This is an analysis of the poem Elegy Xii that begins with:

COME Fates ; I fear you not ! All whom I owe
Are paid, but you ; then 'rest me ere I go.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcdeeffcdddddggbbffddddhhbbiijjbbffkkllmmllaaaaiiggaakkeeffnnXbiiddmmffoo
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 76,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111111111 1111111111 1101110011 1101111111 1010110100 1111001101 1101111111 1101111001 1111110111 1101011101 1011011100 10011111111 1111100101 1101111111 1101100101 1101110111 1111011101 1001110101 1011111111 1100010111 1101111111 1101011111 1011010011 0101011111 1111111111 0111111101 1111111001 0101011101 11101111101 1111011111 0101000101 1111011111 1111101111 1111110101 1011111111 1111111011 1110110111 0111110101 1011111111 1111111101 1110111011 1111011111 10110011110 1111011101 1111101111 1101010101 1111011111 1001011101 1111110101 11111101101 0101110100 0101001101 1011010111 111110101 1111111011 1101000101 1111110101 0011111111 1101011111 1111110111 1111011111 0101001111 11111111110 11011111010 1001111110 0101111101 1110111101 1101101111 1100011101 0111111101 1111111001 0101011101 1111111101 1111111101 1001101111 1111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3452
  • Average number of words per stanza: 677
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you, but, her, and, your, me, not are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Elegy Xii;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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