This is an analysis of the poem An Epitaph Upon Husband And Wife that begins with:

TO these whom death again did wed
This grave 's the second marriage-bed.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffffgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 011010101 11010111 11110001 01110111 01111111 1010111 1010101 1110101 00111111 1011011 1010101 10010101 1010001 1110001 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 539
  • Average number of words per stanza: 103
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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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