Analysis of Epitaph: Being Part Of An Inscription For A Monument
James Beattie 1735 (Laurencekirk) – 1803 (Aberdeen)
Farewell, my best-beloved; whose heavenly mind
Genius with virtue, strength with softness join'd;
Devotion, undebased by pride or art,
With meek simplicity, and joy of heart.
Though sprightly, gentle; though polite, sincere;
And only of thyself a judge severe;
Unblamed, unequall'd in each sphere of life,
The tenderest Daughter, Sister, Parent, Wife,
In thee, their Patroness, th' afflicted lost;
Thy friends, their pattern, ornament, and boast;
And I - but ah, can words my loss declare,
Or paint th' extremes of transport and despair!
O Thou, beyond what verse or speech can tell,
My guide, my friend, my best-beloved, farewell!
Scheme | ABCCDDEEFGHHII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111001 1011011101 01011111 1101000111 1101010101 010110101 1101111 011010101 011100110101 1111010001 0111111101 111101101001 1101111111 111111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 626 |
Words | 102 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 490 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 100 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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