This is an analysis of the poem Elegy Xvi. He Suggests The Advantage Of Birth To A Person Of Merit that begins with:

When genius, graced with lineal splendour, glows,
When title shines, with ambient virtues crown'd,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cccc cdcd caca efef bgbg hhhh bfbf ibib baba efef jeje kgkg ldld egeg cfcX bhbh jbjb hcac mhmh gege dfdf cbcb klkl fcfXXcece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010100101 11010100101 11110100101 0100100101 1111010101 0101010101 11010100101 1011011001 10010010101 1101000101 1001010101 1101110101 0101110111 01010100101 10101010101 11110101001 1001010101 1101100101 111100101 101110110111 1100010101 1110010101 0101010101 1101010101 11011101001 0101010111 1101100001 11010100111 1101111101 010011101001 0101010101 11011100101 010010101010 0101011101 10010110010 1111010111 1111111101 10010010101 1101111101 1101110101 1101010101 1111100101 1101110101 1111011111 1101110111 1101111101 1101010111 1011111101 1101011011 0101001101 01010101001 0101010001 1111010011 1111011101 01001010101 1101001001 11110100101 1101101101001 1101010101 0101011101 1101010101 1101010111 1111010101 1111010101 1001010111 110011000101 11010100101 1101011101 10010100101 1101110101 111101101 1101111101 11010110011 11011010101 1111010101 11110010111 1111100101 1111110101 1101010111 11110100101 11010101001 1111000101 1101011101 1001110001 1111111101 0101010101 11010101101 1111011111 11111011001 11010100101 1111010101 0111010101 1101010101 1111110101 1101010111 1111000101 1111010101 1011011111 1111011011 01011101010 1011110001 010101101001 0101001101 1101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 26
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 104
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; he, she, her, his, my, i, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, a, he, how, 'twas, the are repeated.

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