This is an analysis of the poem Inscription 08 - For The Cenotaph At Ermenonville that begins with:

STRANGER! the MAN OF NATURE lies not here:
Enshrin'd far distant by his rival's side... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabXXcXaXXcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1001010111 0111010101 0101110101 0101000101 10001011101 01010100001 1111010111 1111010001 1011000101 11011010101 1011101101 0011010111 0101011011 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 609
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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