Analysis of Age And Death
Emma Lazarus 1849 (New York City) – 1887 (New York City)
Come closer, kind, white, long-familiar friend,
Embrace me, fold me to thy broad, soft breast.
Life has grown strange and cold, but thou dost bend
Mild eyes of blessing wooing to my rest.
So often hast thou come, and from my side
So many hast thou lured, I only bide
Thy beck, to follow glad thy steps divine.
Thy world is peopled for me; this world's bare.
Through all these years my couch thou didst prepare.
Thou art supreme Love-kiss me-I am thine!
Scheme | ABABCCDEED |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 1101110101 0111111111 1111011111 1111010111 1101110111 1101111101 1111011101 1111011111 1111111101 1101111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 451 |
Words | 85 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 349 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 83 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 29, 2023
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