This is an analysis of the poem Inscription For The Tomb Of Mr. Hamilton that begins with:
Pause here, and think; a monitory rhyme
Demands one moment of thy fleeting time.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbccXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1111010001 0111001101 0111011101 1001111101 1101001111 1101011001 11110010111 0101010101 11001110001 0110111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 434
- Average number of words per stanza: 78
- Amount of lines: 10
- 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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