Analysis of Epitaph
Our loved ones lay them down to sleep
And leave us here to grieve and mourn,
While we, our silent watches keep,
O'er their low graves whence they are bourne.
Some heroes are in battle slain,
Their names are honored far and near,
While others die on beds of pain
And no sad mourner sheds a tear.
This day we honor each and all
Whose soul has left its temporal case;
And be he great, or be he small,
We'll reverence his resting place.
Scheme | ABABCXCX DEDE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101111111 01111101 111010101 101111111 11010101 11110101 11011111 01110101 11110101 111111001 01111111 11001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 424 |
Words | 85 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 168 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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