Analysis of Christian Burial.

Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)



No Christian burial? Ah, he'll sleep as sound
As the old Jew who, by Beth-Peor, had
God for a sexton.


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Tercet 
Metre 11010011111 101111111 11010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 107
Words 22
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 75
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Robert Crawford

Robert Crawford FRSE FBA is a Scottish poet, scholar and critic. He is currently Professor of English at the University of St Andrews.  more…

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