This is an analysis of the poem Epitaph For Robert Aiken, Esq. that begins with:
KNOW thou, O stranger to the fame
Of this much lov'd, much honoured name!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110001 001111001 11111101 01011111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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