This is an analysis of the poem Epitaph On Sir Thomas Hanmer, Bart. that begins with:
Thou who survey'st these walls with curious eye,
Pause at this tomb where Hanmer's ashes lie;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbbeeddbbffggeeddbbddaXbbbbddccbbbbhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11101101001 1101110101 01001110101 1101011101 0101010101 0101010101 0101010101 11001111001 11010010101 01011001001 0111010101 1101010011 01010010001 11101100101 01001010101 01001100101 0101010111 0101001101 1001010101 1111000101 01001111101 1101011101 1111011101 11001010101 0101010101 1001010101 0101111101 1101010101 1101110101 01001110100 11001011101 01010010101 0101010111 1101110101 1111010101 0101010101 0101011101 0100110101 0101011111 010010110001 1101010101 1101010101 11011001001 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1976
- Average number of words per stanza: 325
- Amount of lines: 44
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, with, of, in, when, and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, to are repeated.
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