This is an analysis of Epitaph Extempore by Matthew Prior.
Nobles and Heralds, by your leave,
Here lies what once was Matthew Prior,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab
- Stanza lengths: 4,
- Metre: 10110111 111111010 01010101 11110110
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 4