This is an analysis of An Epitaph by Matthew Prior.
Interr'd beneath this marble stone,
Lie saunt'ring Jack and idle Joan.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccaaddeeffXdgggggXhhbbiiiiiijjjjggeeeeggeeddggggggkkefXg
- Stanza lengths: 62,
- Metre: 11010101 11011101 11010011 01011101 01011111 010100111 01010101 11010101 11110111 11111101 11010101 10110101 11010101 11110111 110101110 111101110 11010100 11001101 11010101 110010101 111101010 110101010 11110100 01110111 11010101 11111111 100101010 110101010 11111111 11111111 11010101 11011101 11011101 11111001 11111111 01001101 11011101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11011011 11110101 11011101 110101010 110101010 11011001 11110101 11110101 11010111 110111101 01110111 111001010 010101110 110101011 01010111 10111111 11111101 01110111 11010100 11111111 11111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 62
Repeated words/phrases
they, nor, their
Anaphora
if, they, nor, their
