This is an analysis of the poem Epitaph On The Lady Mary Villiers that begins with:

THE Lady Mary Villiers lies
Under this stone; with weeping eyes ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXXccddee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 10010101 01011101 11111001 01000100 1101101 10100101 11011000 1010001 10011111 11011101 11110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 449
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • 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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