This is an analysis of Epitaph: Being Part Of An Inscription For A Monument by James Beattie.

Farewell, my best-beloved; whose heavenly mind
Genius with virtue, strength with softness join'd;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbbccee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 111101011001 1001010101 01010001111 0101001101 1101010101 1100100101 100100001101 01001010101 01110010101 1111010011 1111111101 11101001101 1101111111 11111101011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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