This is an analysis of the poem Epigram - Frank Carves Very Ill that begins with:
Frank carves very ill, yet will palm all the meats;
He eats more than six, and drinks more than he eats.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11101101101 11111111111 11101011001 11001001001 11011111001 111010001101 101101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 339
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 7
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he is repeated.
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