This is an analysis of the poem Epitaph On John Adams, Of Southwell - A Carrier, Who Died Of Drunkenness that begins with:
JOHN ADAMS lies here, of the parish of Southwell,
A Carrier who carried his can to his mouth well:... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110010011 0100110010011 11011111011 1110110011011 101011101111 111101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 6
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; carried, he, so are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.
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