This is an analysis of the poem Elegy Xxii. Written In The Year ----, When The Rights Of Sepulture Were So Frequently Violated that begins with:
Say, gentle Sleep! that lov'st the gloom of night,
Parent of dreams! thou great Magician! say,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cacX bdbd aeae fdfd eded cgcg adad gegX dbdb ghgh idid jgjg bkbk jeje dcdc ibib Xdgd dcdc dede cbcX
- 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,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101110101 1001110101 1111010101 1111010101 0101110101 1101011101 01010111001 11001011110 1101110111 1101010101 1110010001 0101011111 11011101001 11010100101 110101101 11010100101 1101110101 11011101001 11011101001 0111010101 11010100101 11010100101 1001010101 0111000111 10111100101 1111000101 11011100101 0111010101 11110100101 10110100101 1111010101 11010011001 11110010101 010100111001 1111110101 0111111101 1111011101 1101010111 1101110111 11110100101 11100010101 0101110101 11001111101 11001111111 11111001001 1101010101 1111101101 1111010101 11010100111 01010111001 1101110101 11001000101 1101010101 1101010101 1111010101 1111011111 11110000101 1101110101 11010100101 1001010101 1111001101 1011001101 1011010101 10110001001 1111110101 0111010101 0101010101 0101010101 1111101010 0111001101 1101011101 1111010111 1101111101 0101010101 11010110001 10101100101 1001010101 101101011 1001010101 1100110111 10111010101 10101010101 111101101 1101110110
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 84
- 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; of, my, her, no, more, nor, as, such, thy, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, nor, so, to are repeated.
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