This is an analysis of An Epitaph On His Most Honoured Friend Richard Earl Of Dorset by Henry King.
Let no profane ignoble foot tread neer
This hallow'd peece of earth, Dorset lies here.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbbXccddeebbXXddeXXaXX
- Stanza lengths: 24,
- Metre: 1101010111 0101011011 01110001010 11011101010 110101111 0101010110 0101110101 1101011001 1011110101 1100111001 1101110111 1101010101 1101110101 1101010101 1101110101 1011010100 1101010100 1101010101 1101010101 11011111110 1101001110 0101111101 1111111001 1101010100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
of, his, and
