This is an analysis of the poem Elegy Iv. Ophilia's Urn. To Mr. Graves that begins with:
Through the dim veil of evening's dusky shade,
Near some lone fane, or yew's funereal green,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bbbb dada eaea aaaX bdbd afaf gbgb hihi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1011010101 1111111001 1101110101 1101010101 1101111101 110110101 1111100111 1111000101 01001110101 1111011101 1011011001 1101101001 11100010101 11010011001 111000101001 1110010111 1011100101 1111010101 1111010101 1101100101 11010010101 1101001001 1111010101 11010101010 1101000101 1101010101 1100100101 1100010101 1100010101 11110011001 11010100101 1101001101 11010110001 1011010101 1101010101 1111000101 1101011101 1101011101 1111111101 11110100011
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; but is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, and are repeated.
The author used the same word then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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