This is an analysis of Epitaph On Sir Thomas Hanmer, Bart. by Samuel Johnson.
Thou who survey'st these walls with curious eye,
Pause at this tomb where Hanmer's ashes lie;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbbeeddbbffggeeddbbddaXbbbbddccbbbbhh
- Stanza lengths: 44,
- Metre: 11101101001 1101110101 01001110101 1101011101 0101010101 0101010101 0101010101 11001111001 11010010101 01011001001 0111010101 1101010011 01010010001 11101100101 01001010101 01001100101 0101010111 0101001101 1001010101 1111000101 01001111101 1101011101 1111011101 11001010101 0101010101 1001010101 0101111101 1101010101 1101110101 01001110100 11001011101 01010010101 0101010111 1101110101 1111010101 0101010101 0101011101 0100110101 0101011111 010010110001 1101010101 1101010101 11011001001 1101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
his, with, of, in, when, and, to
Anaphora
in, to
