This is an analysis of the poem Johannis Trottii Epitaphium that begins with:

Charissimo Filio &c.
Pater & Mater &c.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000101 10101 1001001000 11010101100 1101100100100 10001001001010 10100101100 10110100100100 101101001000 1101010110 110100011000100 1110001010010100 11110010100100 1010100 1010010 10001010 1110001010100 100010010100 111000100 100101011010 10010101000100 10010010010010 110100 10010110100 1100101000 10010101001000 1001000101001000 101011101000 100111011000 1110000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1081
  • Average number of words per stanza: 143
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; supra is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word supra is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines c is repeated).

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  • summary of Johannis Trottii Epitaphium;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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