This is an analysis of the poem Epitaph On Fop, A Dog Belonging To Lady Throckmorton that begins with:

Though once a puppy, and though Fop by name,
Here moulders one whose bones some honour claim;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 110101111111 1101111101 1100110101 1111010001 1101010001 1111010001 0010010101 1111010101 100101011101 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 432
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; though is repeated.

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