This is an analysis of the poem Elegy Vii. Anno Aetates Undevigesimo (Translated From Milton) that begins with:

As yet a stranger to the gentle fires
That Amathusia's smiling Queen inspires,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeefgddhheeddcXaafgiihXiiddeejjeeiiiiffffffeeeXaaeeiihhiieeXejjhhggffddiihhhhiiffjjccddbbiijjdd aakkXXXhdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 102,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11010001010 1100010101 1101010101 1101011101 1111010101 1101011101 0101011110 0101000111 1111011101 1101110101 01001110001 11010101010 01001110101 11001010101 1111010101 1101000101 1101010101 10010100101 1101010101 1101000101 101010101 10010101001 1111010111 101100011 1011110001 11011101010 11011110101 1101110111 01111101101 1011001110 1101010101 00110100101 1111110101 0101010001 01110100101 0111110111 1110100111 0111010101 1011110101 1110011001 1111010101 0101110111 1111010101 11011001001 1111111101 1101011101 1111001101 10110001001 1101110011 0111011111 11011110111 1001010101 1101100111 010110100110 1101010101 1101110101 1111011101 0101111101 110010100101 1101000111 1111110111 11110100001 11010101001 0111110101 0101111111 0101110101 1101011100 0111110101 1001110111 1101011101 1001010101 11100110001 01010101010 11111111110 1101110101 1111000111 0101010111 1111011101 1111000101 0111011101 1111100101 11010010101 1110010001 0011110101 1111111101 1101011101 1111110101 1001000111 0110110011 0111011101 1011011101 0101000101 1111010110 1111110001 11011101111 1111001101 1111010111 0111011101 0111110101 1001001101 1101011101 1101111011 10010101001 1100011101 10011001111 1101000101 1101100101 0111011101 1101001110 01010010111 1101010101 1101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2412
  • Average number of words per stanza: 440
  • Amount of lines: 112
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; of, his, he, thy, my, her, i are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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