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The Second Century Anthologies of Verse Book 1
Page 133
Epitaph on a "Marf"
By Anonymous

Information about poet: There isn't any information due to the poet is anonymous.

Type of Poem: Free Verse

Structure: ABCDEE FGHIIH

Poetic Devices: stanza

Meaning: This poem was quite hard to understand due to the accent it uses in the poem. This poem talks about a person when he was a kid, he loved his mother, and they said "Must 'a' fed 'im wiv a shuvvle." Also in the second half he says that he never knew how to larf. They said that as in here "'E'd never been known to larf"

Opinion: I didn't like this poem. I didn't like it because of the accent was too big and too hard to understand. This poem due to its accent is quite hard to analyze and grab the meaning.
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