This is an analysis of the poem Epitaph On Thomas Parnell that begins with:

THIS tomb, inscrib'd to gentle Parnell's name,
May speak our gratitude, but not his fame.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0101010101 1111011101 1111010101 110111001001 0101010101 11011110101 1001010101 0101010101 1101000111 1101110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 448
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Epitaph On Thomas Parnell;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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