This is an analysis of the poem Edmundi Trotii Epitaphium that begins with:

Charissimo Filio
Edmundo Trotio... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 39,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100010 11010 1001010 101000 10100100010010 1001001000100 10010101000 11011101000 110010 1101010100 10010101001100 100100010101 10001010101000 110101001010 100100010100 10100 1000100100 11000101000 10100100100 100000 10110010100 1010001010100 110110 10110100 10010101011010 1001001010 101001010 1001001110 01101001100 1100100010100 1001 111010010100100 10010001000100 1010 110100100 101100 1010010011 1000100111 101101011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 164
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • history of its creation;
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