This is an analysis of Epitaph On John Adams, Of Southwell - A Carrier, Who Died Of Drunkenness by George Gordon Byron.

JOHN ADAMS lies here, of the parish of Southwell,
A Carrier who carried his can to his mouth well:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 110110010011 0100110010011 11011111011 1110110011011 101011101111 111101111101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6

Repeated words/phrases

carried, he, so

Anaphora

he