This is an analysis of On The Death Of Mrs. Elizabeth Filmer. An Elegiacall Epitaph by Richard Lovelace.

You that shall live awhile, before
Old time tyrs, and is no more:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXXbbcXXXbXddeecccXXbffXa ggXdddhh ccXXbbdd
  • Stanza lengths: 28,8,8,
  • Metre: 11110101 1111011 1100101 101110101 1101111 10111101 01011111 1111010 11011001 11001101 01011101 01010111 11010101 101011010 111111011 11001001 00110001 11000101 10010101 11010101 010011101 01010100 01010111 0110010 1110101 101001 10010101 1101101 111000111 011100111 10111110 10011111 11011101 10110101 11010111 11011000 1110101 11110001 11110111 10111001 1011111 01010001 10100101 11110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 44

Repeated words/phrases

that, and

Anaphora

such