Analysis of Epitaph
Thomas Oldham 1816 (Dublin,) – 1878 (Rugby, )
Mortal! whoe'er thou art, that passest by,
Stop, and behold this stone with heedful eye!
Here lies a Youth, whom Death's resistless power,
In health's full vigour, at the festal hour,
All unprepared, alas! to meet his doom,
Snatch'd suddenly to an untimely tomb.
Mortal take heed! in awful silence think,
Thou stand'st upon Eternity's dread brink;
O listen to Religion's warning cry!
'Man, know thy nature, and prepare to die!'
Scheme | AABBCC DDAA |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 10111111 100111111 110111110 011110110 101011111 1100110101 1011010101 11101111 1101010101 1111000111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 421 |
Words | 73 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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