This is an analysis of the poem Elegy On The Year 1788 that begins with:
FOR lords or kings I dinna mourn,
E'en let them die-for that they're born:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbcccc ddcceeXX XXXebb XXXaffgg XahhiiaaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,6,8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101 101011111 11010010 01010101 11010111 110011101 010101111 010101111 010100101 11110101 01011111 11110111 010101010 100111010 0101010110 110111010 110011010 111101110 11011111 11111111 1010111001 11101101 11101110 11111101 01011111 11110101 01010111 11110011 110011011 11011101 11011101 11111101 11011111 11111101 1111011010 111001110 01110101 11110101 1101011100011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 43
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; what is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thou is repeated.
The author used the same word ye at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines us is repeated).
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