This is an analysis of the poem Epitaph On Two Young Men Of The Name Of Leitch, Who Were Drowned In Crossing The River Southesk that begins with:
O thou! whose steps in sacred reverence tread
These lone dominions of the silent dead;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffaa
- 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: 11110101001 1110000101 1011010101 1100010101 1101010111 1101010001 10101011111 101011010001 1001000101 0101011101 11010010111 11010001001 1101010101 1001111001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 615
- Average number of words per stanza: 109
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word heaven's is repeated.
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