This is an analysis of Epitaph For A Shepherdess by Konstantin Nikolaevich Batiushkov.

Beloved maidens! Playful and carefree,
You sing, you dance and frolic in the glades.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbabXX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 0101010111 1111110001 1111010100 110101110 010111 0101110100 1101010011 01
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

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