This is an analysis of the poem Elegy Ix. He Describes His Disinterestedness To A Friend that begins with:
I ne'er must tinge my lip with Celtic wines;
The pomp of India must I ne'er display;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab acac adad aeae afaf dgdg baba ahah fffX fbfb iaia jgjgXgcgc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111110101 01010011101 11001001001 1001010101 11011101001 11011100101 1011010101 101111011 1101011101 01011100111 0111010101 1101010001 1111001101 1111111101 11111111001 1101000101 01110111001 110101101 0111001101 11011100101 1111010101 1101010001 0101010101 1101100101 11111100101 0011110101 1101011001 11110100101 1111110101 11010101001 0101010101 11010010101 10011100101 1011010101 1101111101 1111010101 1101010101 11010011001 11011000111 11010100111 1001110101 01010100101 0101010001 1001010111 1111010101 1101111101 0111010011 0101010101 1101010101 0101010111 1011011111 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 52
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, they, you, gave, to, your, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nor, they, so are repeated.
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