This is an analysis of the poem Epitaph that begins with:
Do not carve on stone or wood,
'He was honest' or 'He was good.'...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111 11101111 10110101 10110111 10110101 111111100 11
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 7
- 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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Epitaph;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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