This is an analysis of the poem Elegy On A Lady, Whom Grief For The Death Of Her Betrothed Killed that begins with:

Assemble, all ye maidens, at the door,
And all ye loves, assemble; far and wide... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXbcac dddddede bfbf fcbc XdedXgeX hihiiXhf jbjbbbjX kdkddjkj jhjhhcjc lglggdld
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,4,4,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101110101 1111010111 0101010101 1001001100 110101 010010010 1001011101 01011101010 1101010111 1110000101 1101010101 0101010111 110101 110101010 1001011101 01000111110 1001010101 1101010101 0101010101 1001010001 010101 110001010 1001000101 10110111010 1111010100 1011010101 110110100 0101001101 010100 1101001010 1101001100 01110111100 1011010101 11011010101 11110100101 1101000101 110111 111101100 1001010101 01010101010 110100101101 1101010101 11010001001 1101010111 011101 111100010 10001111011 01010111110 1111010101 1111000111 1101111111 0111111101 010101 011111011 1111101101 11110111111 1001010111 0101000101 1101010111 0101000101 011101 110011010 1101010011 00010001010 1111011101 1101000101 01010011011 0101001101 110101 111101010 1111010101 01111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, and, with, that, to, no, thou, when are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.

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