This is an analysis of the poem Epitaph, Intended For Himself that begins with:
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Escaped the gloom of mortal life, a soul... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abab X cdcd X efef XXaaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1 0101010101 11010010001 1111110101 1101011101 1 1111110101 1111010101 11110000101 0111010101 1 1101110101 11010101001 1101010111 1011010101 1 0111011101 0111011011 1101110101 1101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 23
- 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.
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- summary of Epitaph, Intended For Himself;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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