This is an analysis of the poem Epitaph that begins with:

The Earth Speaks:
HUSH! he drowses, drowses deep, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbcccdddeeefffggggggccc hhahhafffbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011 1110101 1110111 1011001 1111101 1001111 1111111 1110101 1010101 1111111 1100101 1110101 10010101 1111101 1000101 1110111 1111101 1110101 0110101 0100111 1010111 0110101 1011100 1110101 011010 1011111 1010111 0010101 1011101 1110101 1111111 1011101 1010111 1010101 1111111 1011101 110000
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 594
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Epitaph;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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