This is an analysis of Epitaph by Arthur Henry Adams.

The Earth Speaks:
HUSH! he drowses, drowses deep,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbbcccdddeeefffggggggccc hhahhafffbbX
  • Stanza lengths: 25,12,
  • Metre: 011 1110101 1110111 1011001 1111101 1001111 1111111 1110101 1010101 1111111 1100101 1110101 10010101 1111101 1000101 1110111 1111101 1110101 0110101 0100111 1010111 0110101 1011100 1110101 011010 1011111 1010111 0010101 1011101 1110101 1111111 1011101 1010111 1010101 1111111 1011101 110000
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 37

Anaphora

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