This is an analysis of Elegy Ix by Henry James Pye.

AVON. WRITTEN DURING THE STRATFORD JUBILEE.

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X aabb aaccdd XebbffeebbccgghheebbbbXXii
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,6,26,
  • Metre: 101010010101 00111100111 01010010101 1101010101 1101110101 1101001101 00101001101 1101011101 1101001101 1101010101 1101010011 11010001001 0101010101 10010100101 01011101001 0111110101 1101100101 0101010101 0101001101 110101011 0101010101 0001011101 1101011101 111101101001 01010100101 1101011101 1101110101 1101110101 111101011001 1101010101 0111010001 11110111001 11010011101 111101000101 1101011100 1111000101 1011000101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 38

Anaphora

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