This is an analysis of Epitaphium Erotii by Robert Louis Stevenson.

HERE lies Erotion, whom at six years old
Fate pilfered. Stranger (when I too am cold,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 1110011101 1101011111 1101101101 00110100101 1011101111 1001110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6