This is an analysis of the poem An Epigram that begins with:
ADDRESSED TO THE GENTLEMEN REFLECTED ON IN THE ROSCIAD,
A POEM, BY THE AUTHOR... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX XXX aabXbbXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 010010001010010 0101010 1001111101 01110110101 10 1101010101 0101011101 11000011101 11011101110 110111101 1111011101 1101010101 1101011101 11010100100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- 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 An Epigram;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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