This is an analysis of the poem A Poet's Epitaph that begins with:

Art thou a Statist in the van
Of public conflicts trained and bred? ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ecec bfbf ghXh dcdc gbgb ijij klkl dada mhmh nbnb clcl cbcbXnhnh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010001 01010111 11011101 11110101 01011111 11001101 010011001 01001101 11010101 01011101 01110111 01110011 11110101 01011101 10111101 11010101 01011111 010001001 11111100 010101 110011001 11011111 11011101 110100101 01000101 110110011 11110111 01011011 10111111 11110111 010011001 110100101 11011101 101101001 11110011 10010001 11010101 11010101 11010101 01010111 10011101 11000111 11111101 10110011 01010111 01110111 10100101 11010101 01011111 11011101 01000101 11111011 11011111 101100001 01001101 01110101 110011001 11100101 11110111 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, come are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Poet's Epitaph;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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