This is an analysis of the poem Elegy Xvii. He Indulges The Suggestions Of Spleen.-- An Elegy To The Winds that begins with:
AEole! namque tibi divûm Pater atque hominum rex,
Et mulcere dedit mentes et tollere vento.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX b cXd ebeb fdfd ghge gcgc fefe Xbfb cece aifi dddd fbXb feae ijij bebh fifi ghgh bibi dbdb XieiXaifi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,3,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111111011001 110101011010 1010 1100101001 01110101001 0110010101 1110010111 0111011101 11001100101 1101000111 1101010111 0101001001 01010101001 0101010101 1111011011 01010001010 1111011101 1111011101 1111010101 0101010101 1101110101 1111010101 1101010111 1101000101 1101100100 11001110111 01010101110 1111010001 1101010101 11010101001 1101010101 110101101 1111011101 11110111011 1101110101 11110010101 011101111 1011011111 1101010111 1101110111 101100011001 1101010101 1101101101 11001010101 100100101001 1100100101 11010010101 1111110001 11110100101 0111010111 11001011101 1011011101 0111000101 1111010111 1111110101 0101110001 0111110111 11110111010 1111010011 111110101 1111010101 10010001111 1001110101 110010101010 1101010001 11010111010 1111110101 01110101001 1011010111 1111000101 1001011101 101010010101 110100100111 0111010001 1111100110 11001011101 1101011111 1111110111 10111101001 0111110101 111111101010 1011010101
- Amount of stanzas: 22
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 83
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; my, so, no, thy, i, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, through, or are repeated.
The author used the same word she 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 farewell connects the lines.
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- summary of Elegy Xvii. He Indulges The Suggestions Of Spleen.-- An Elegy To The Winds;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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