This is an analysis of Elegy I by Henry James Pye.
O Happiness! thou wish of every mind,
Whose form, more subtle than the fleeting air,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdacacededfcfcbgbgababchchgfgfigigdjdjkckcaaaafcacadadgaga
- Stanza lengths: 64,
- Metre: 11001101001 1111010101 111100100101 0111111101 1101011101 1111111101 0111011111 10010010101 0101011111 11010101001 1001010101 1101011001 1111010001 1011010101 1111010101 11010101001 11110101110 0111010111 110111001010 1101011011 1111110101 1101010101 10110010001 10110000101 0111110101 1101010001 11010001001 1111010101 1101001111 110100001001 1101110101 11010100011 0101110101 01100111010 1101110101 11111111010 1101010101 0100010101 11110001001 1001010101 1111010101 0101010101 01001011111 11010101001 1101010101 11001010101 0101010101 1101010111 0101111001 01010001001 1011011101 1111010101 01010101010 0100010101 1101011001 10011001001 01001010101 0111110101 0011011101 0101010101 1111010101 1101111101 1111011101 1011000101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 64
Repeated words/phrases
thy, and, his, to, of, by
Anaphora
who, the, will, there
