Analysis of Don't fear death

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok 1880 (Saint Petersburg) – 1921



Don't fear death in earthly travels.
Don't fear enemies or friends.
Just listen to the words of prayers,
To pass the facets of the dreads.

Your death will come to you, and never
You shall be, else, a slave of life,
Just waiting for a dawn's favor,
From nights of poverty and strife.

She'll build with you a common law,
One will of the Eternal Reign.
And you are not condemned to slow
And everlasting deadly pain.


Scheme XXXX ABAB XCXC
Poetic Form Quatrain  (67%)
Metre 11101010 1110011 11010111 11010101 111111010 11110111 11010110 11110001 11110101 11100101 01110111 0010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 420
Words 79
Sentences 7
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 106
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok

Alexander Alexandrovich Blok was a Russian lyrical poet, writer, publicist, playwright, translator, literary critic. more…

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