This is an analysis of the poem An Old Epitaph Found In Bedford that begins with:

Mary Wryte and her mother
Her father ande brother--...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX XXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010 010110 11001 1101 1101 11 011 10 1100100 11110 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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