This is an analysis of First Elegy by Ndre Mjeda.

When I am exhausted
By the tribulations of age, steep like a cliff,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXcXXa bXcXcXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 7,8,
  • Metre: 111010 101010011101 111111 11101 01101101 10110110111 11110111 1110111 11101110110 0101010100101 010 1111011011 111 11111 101010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 15