This is an analysis of the poem Epitaph On H. Walmsley, Esq., that begins with:

IN ALVERSTOKE CHURCH, HANTS.
Oh! they shall ne'er forget thee, they who knew... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabbccddeeffaaXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 010011 1111011111 1101000111 0111011101 11110000101 11110011101 1101010101 1011100101 1111011111 1111010101 1100010001 1101010101 0111010101 1101011101 1101010101 1111000111 1111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 372
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy, her, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word she is repeated.

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