This is an analysis of the poem William Shakespeare Epitaph that begins with:
Good frend for Iesvs sake forebeare,
To digg the dvst encloased heare.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaa X XXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111100 01011001 1010101110101111 110110101111 01010 01110110 0101011 10011111 11011111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- 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; middle, english, svg are repeated.
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