Analysis of When You Are to Die
A response to Christina Georgina Rosseti's "When I am Dead"
When you are to die, my love,
There's but need for sad songs.
And a million roses at your head,
To show how my heart longs:
I'll visit frequently
Or as often as you'll let,
I will always remember
Lest I tend to forget.
You shan't be able to see me,
You shan't feel my breaking heart,
You shan't hear my hurting voice
Cry out cause we're apart:
Dream through your eternal nights
Slip away without regret,
I will always remember,
And I will never forget.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 00110101011111 1111111 111111 001010111 111111 110100 1110111 111010 111101 111110111 11111101 11111101 111101 1110101 1010101 111010 0111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 496 |
Words | 96 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 8 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 197 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on October 21, 2009
Modified on March 05, 2023
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