This is an analysis of the poem Epitaphs that begins with:
Her Mother's Epitaph
Here lies... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a baaccddeeffbbXe a bbggeeccffX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,15,1,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101 11 0101001001 01010101001 0101010001 111111001 01010100111 1110110101 0101000100 0111000100 0101010010 10010101011 010010111 0101111101 0101010101 110101100 010101 010101001 11110111 01010101 01000111 01010100 01000100 01010101 00110101 11010011 01011001 111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, the, to are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Epitaphs;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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