This is an analysis of the poem Epitaph that begins with:
He lived, he played, a little laughing sprite:
Why, Nature, didst thou snatch him from the light?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddeaae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111010101 1101111001 111100101110 1111111101 1100110101 11110101010 0111100111 1101011111 0101110101 1111110101 0111110111 0101111011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 276
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Epitaph;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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