This is an analysis of Epitaph On The Tombstone Of A Child by Aphra Behn.

This Little, Silent, Gloomy Monument,
Contains all that was sweet and innocent ;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccccddeeff
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101010100 0111111100 01010110101 0111010101 1111010101 1101000101 10110010111 1101010101 1111001111 1101011001 010110101110 11110101010 1101010101 1111010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14