This is an analysis of the poem Elegy Xviii. He Repeats The Song Of Colin, A Discerning Shepherd that begins with:
Near Avon's bank, on Arden's flowery plain,
A tuneful shepherd charm'd the listening wave,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cccc dede cfcf dddd ghgh ihih haha abab aaaa jkjk cdcd kaka gbgb lala alal hlhl kkkk mkkm chcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11011101001 01010101001 1101010101 1101010101 1101010101 0101001101 0101000101 0111001101 1101010101 1101100101 1111011111 1101011001 10001010111 1111010101 01110100101 01010110001 1011111101 1101011101 1111011101 1111110111 1111011101 0101110101 10010100101 0101010001 1011010101 11001110101 1101010101 0101011001 11100100101 1101010101 0101010101 01010100101 1010110101 1101001101 1011000101 1011000101 11010010101 1101011101 11001010111 1111010101 0011000101 11011101001 1101010101 1101110101 1101010111 10111101001 10110101001 1011000101 1101010101 0111010101 0101110101 01110010111 1111010101 1001010101 0111011111 1101001101 1111110111 10010101001 1111111101 0111110001 1111111101 1011010101 1101100101 1101110101 11110101001 1101001001101 1100010101 1101000101 1100111001010 1101010101 1101000101 01110101 11111101 1101110101 1101010111 11001110111 1110101001 1101110101 1011010101 1011010101
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 80
- 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; to, i, for, this, thy, their, and, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, i, the, if, for, their, britons are repeated.
The author used the same word 'will at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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