This is an analysis of the poem Elegy Xi. He Complains How Soon The Pleasing Novelty Of Life Is Over that begins with:
To Mr. Jago.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abab bcbc dede fefe agag edeX hfhf icic Xhih afaf ijij afaf ikik ekekXdgdg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01010 1111001011 0101111101 01011100101 0101010101 1101010101 1011010101 1001010101 1110010101 1111010101 1101011101 1101110101 0101010101 110110100101 1101110101 1101010101 1111011101 1011111101 0111010101 1111111101 01011101011 1111010111 0101010101 11110101101 1111110111 1001011101 01010100101 1111010111 1101011101 1111110101 0111011101 0111011101 1111010111 111100110010 01010011011 0101010011 1101011101 1101010101 11001010101 0101011101 1001010101 11011100101 1111010101 10110101011 10111101001 1101010101 1101010101 1101011101 1101010101 01110001101 10010010101 1101010001 1111010101 100010101001 0101010101 1111010101 0111111101 11110100101 11111101001 0101111101 1101011001
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 62
- 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; where, and, my, as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, where, scarce, to, a, not are repeated.
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- idea of the verse;
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