This is an analysis of the poem Funerall Elegy Xx that begins with:

Vnconstant earth ! why doe not mortals cease
To build their hopes upon so short a lease ?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbbee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 101111101 0111011101 101111110 1101011001 1101111101 1111010111 101110101001 1111011111 1000100101011 1101111111 0101010101 0101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 543
  • Average number of words per stanza: 95
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Funerall Elegy Xx;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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