Analysis of Underneath these granite crosses
Underneath these granite crosses
Nobody counts their gains and losses
But they whisper underground all the answers they have found
How else can our quarrels end
Our enemy become our friend
The dead around us all reply
Peace be with you
You must die
| Scheme | ABCDDEFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111010 1111010 1110101010111 11110101 1010001101 01011101 1111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 244 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 205 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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