Analysis of An Epitaph
Stephen Hawes 1502 – 1523
O MORTAL folk, you may behold and see
How I lie here, sometime a mighty knight;
The end of joy and all prosperitee
Is death at last, thorough his course and might:
After the day there cometh the dark night,
For though the daye be never so long,
At last the bells ringeth to evensong.
| Scheme | ABBBBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101110101 111110101 0111011 1111101101 1001110011 110111011 1101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 303 |
| Words | 57 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 221 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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