This is an analysis of Elegy, Imitated From One Of Akenside's Blank-Verse Inscriptions by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Near the lone pile with ivy overspread,
Fast by the rivulet's sleep-persuading sound,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaaa bcbc adad efef gaga hihi
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1011010100 11010010101 1101011101 1101110101 111101011 1101010101 11011101001 1011011001 1111110101 1101100101 0111010101 0101011001 11010100101 100010011101 1101010101 1101010011 0101110101 0101010011 1111010101 11010010001 11001010101 1101011101 1100010101 1101011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

her

Anaphora

still