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

O trees of life, oh, what when winter comes?
We are not of one mind. Are not like birds...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcabdX efaaghijkkc gXbfXblgmficnbbjjah iobfiegeggi jkacgmkcmeljfmbomdcbf iaXadaXi lcpadapbnm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,11,19,11,21,8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101111101 1110111111 010011011010 10111010001 11010001001 1001100110111 1111011101 01100001010 111101010111 01010100010 1001101110 1110100101010 100111101 101111101 110100101010 00110011111 111101011111 01101101101 1100011 11110101011 100101010100 0010100101011 1010101011010 11011101010101 1010111110101 11010101101 1011111101 1001001101 10010111010 0110101010111 1110001111111 1001010100100 010101001101 00010110011 01110111011 1010101011001 10011101 1101111111 1111101111 11010101111 1011110010 0101001111010 1111101010101 011101011110 10101111101 11100111110 0111010100110 01010100110101 111111111 1111011111111 11101001111 011111010101 010011011 10111000101 1111001111 01010101011 10011010101001 010101101110 101111010101010 010100010001 101101111001 1111001101011 10101101001010 01111000111010 0101101011 110101010111 001011101011 1000001110011 101111101110 111101111010 11011010010 010111010101 0101111110 1101110101 0101011111 001001110111 01011001100 1001010101 110111011101 0101010001001 0100011101 01111111 010101011101 0011010100 11001010100011 010110011110 01011100111 110101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 580
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • 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; and, i, not, kept, of, my, for, you, to, his are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines know is repeated).

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