This is an analysis of the poem An Epitaph that begins with:
Here a gentle poet lies,
Hurt to death by stinging flies....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaBccbddefXeXfghhgiicbbcjjbaaB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 1011101 1110101 11110011 01111101 111101011 01110101 01010001 100100111 110111001 01000100 01010101 010101100 11010101 10010101 01110101 10111101 0101001 100100101 01010101 01010001 01110101 11111101 01111101 111101110 111101010 10110111 10010101 11011111 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1036
- Average number of words per stanza: 198
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of An Epitaph;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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