This is an analysis of the poem Epitaph On S.P., A Child Of Queen Elizabeth's Chapel that begins with:

Weep with me, all you that read
   This little story; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefebebgagahihi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 01010 11110111 11010 1011101 01110 110110101 11010 0110111 11110 11110110 01010 1011111 11110 1101111 11110 1110001 11010 110110111 11010 1110111 01011 110111011 101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 725
  • Average number of words per stanza: 129
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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

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