This is an analysis of the poem An Epitaph (From The Greek) that begins with:
My name -- my country -- what are they to thee!
What, whether base or proud my pedigree?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111011101 1101111100 0111011101 0111010111 0101011101 1101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 6
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; my, what are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word perhaps is repeated.
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