This is an analysis of the poem Inscription For The Headstone Of Fergusson The Poet that begins with:
NO 1 sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay,
"No storied urn nor animated bust;"... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXab bcbc dede
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11101011101 101011101010 0101011101 01010100101 010010111011101 110100111010 1100111101 11011111010 01000111 0101111101 1101110101 0101001111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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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