This is an analysis of Epitaphs by Anne Bradstreet.

Her Mother's Epitaph
Here lies…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a baaccddeeffbbXe a bbggeeccffX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,15,1,11,
  • Metre: 010101 11 0101001001 01010101001 0101010001 111111001 01010100111 1110110101 0101000100 0111000100 0101010010 10010101011 010010111 0101111101 0101010101 110101100 010101 010101001 11110111 01010101 01000111 01010100 01000100 01010101 00110101 11010011 01011001 111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 29

Repeated words/phrases

to

Anaphora

a, the, to