This is an analysis of the poem Epitaph Found In Otham Church, Kent that begins with:

In God is all my trust.
Here lyeth the body of Thomas Hendley, esquier by degre,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaabXbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010111 11010010101011 010101010010010010100 11011101010101 10010101001011 11010011101 01011011011011101 010100101110101 111010111001101 1011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 564
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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