This is an analysis of the poem Elegy I. He Arrives At His Retirement In The Country that begins with:

He Arrives at His Retirement in the Country, and Takes Occasion To Expatiate in Praise of Simplicity.
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  • Rhyme scheme: X a bcbc dede dfdf bgbg bgbg bfbf bebe cgcg hahX bibi ebeb ijij
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10110010000101101001000100100 001 1101011101 1101010111 1101111101 11010100111 1111010111 0101010111 1111010101 1101110101 1011110101 1111011011 1011111001 11010010101 1101000101 0101010101 0001110001 10010011001 1101010001 1101010111 1101010111 11110010101 11010100101 10111000101 110110101 1101011101 1101010101 0101100101 01110111 0110011101 1111101101 1101010101 1011011101 0101110101 1011010101 0111011101 1111011111 1011001101 11110101010 0111010101 11010101010 1101010101 1011011011 10110111001 11110100101 1101111101 101011101 1111010101 000110101 0101111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; my, for, our are repeated.

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

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