This is an analysis of the poem Elegy Xv. In Memory Of A Private Family In Worcestershire that begins with:

From a lone tower, with reverend ivy crown'd,
The pealing bell awaked a tender sigh;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab aaaX cdcd efef eaea dbdb agag abaX dgdg aaaa hihi ijij kaea eeke jeje blbl efef aeae gege glgl aeae mhmh ldldXeaea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 001100100101 01011000101 1101010101 010110001001 1111110101 1011011101 1101010111 11011110101 1010010101 0101011001 0101110101 0101110101 0111010101 0101010101 110110001001 1101110101 110010101001 1101010101 0011010111 1101110101 1110100101 0101010101 10110100101 1101010101 10011111101 1101111111 01011111101 10101110111 10011010101 11110101001 1011110111 11011111111 1101110101 1101111101 1011011101 0101010111 1111110101 1111010101 1011010101 1111010111 110100101001 0101011101 1101010101 1101010101 11010101101 0101010101 010010101001 1101110101 11010101110 1101010001 1100010101 1100010101 1001010101 01001010101 010010101110 0111010111 1101011101 1101000101 0101011101 1101010101 1111010001 0101110011 1101110101 1101111111 1111010011 0111110111 0101010001 0101110101 0101110101 0101011101 1011010101 1011010101 11010010101 1101010101 1101011101 11110111001 1101010111 1101010101 0101010111 1001010101 01001010101 111100101001 11011100101 1101110011 1101110101 1101100101 11010100101 0101001001 1111010111 0111011101 1101010101 0111011101 1001100111 0101000101 1101100101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; his, my, had, their, to, that, own, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words 'twas, one, five, those, 'tis are repeated.

    The author used the same word 'twas at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase here connects the lines.

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