This is an analysis of the poem A Poet's Epitaph that begins with:

STOP mortal ! Here thy brother lies,
The Poet of the Poor ;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgbgbhbhb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 010001 01010111 011101 01000111 010101 01010001 0101001 01011101 110111 110000101 010001 10110111 011101 11110111 010101 01010101 010111 11111101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 639
  • Average number of words per stanza: 122
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, a are repeated.

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  • summary of A Poet's Epitaph;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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