This is an analysis of the poem Epitaph. Sacred To The Memory Of James Graham, Esq. that begins with:
Accept, lov'd shade! of him whose breathless clay
No sigh returns to aught that grief can say; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0111011101 1101011111 0111010001 0111111101 110111101 1001011001 1001110101 1111010001 1101111101 0101110101 01010100101 1101010111 010010111001 1001010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 633
- Average number of words per stanza: 113
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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