This is an analysis of the poem Elegy Xxv. To Delia, With Some Flowers that begins with:
Whate'er could Sculpture's curious art employ,
Whate'er the lavish hand of Wealth can shower,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cece fgfg hehe dgdg cici cece ejej egbg akXkXcaca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 1001100100101 100010101110 11111100101 11111101010 10110101010 0101010001 0101010101 1110110101 1101110101 1101010011 01011100101 1111101101 1101010101 0101010101 11011010101 1101010101 11001110101 1100110101 1111010101 1101010101 0111000101 0101011101 01010101001 0000111101 1011011101 0111010101 11110101001 1101010011 01110101010 110100101001 01111101110 1100011101 01110010111 11001010101 0101110111 1111010101 0101110101 0101110111 10010101010 1111010111 1011011101 1101110101 11111111100 1101010011 11011101001 1101010101 10010101001 0101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 48
- 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:
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, as, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words whate'er, to, and, the are repeated.
The author used the same word bless'd at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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