This is an analysis of the poem Epitaph (For A Young Man Of The Maquis) that begins with:
They said that France was dead.
You see they lied....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 1111 111101 1111 1011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 5
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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More information about poems by A. P. Herbert
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