Analysis of Death
Death, thou was once an uncouth hideous thing,
Nothing but bones,
The sad effect of sadder grones,
Thy mouth was open, but thou could not sing
For we considered thee as at some six
Or ten years hence,
After the loss of life and sense,
Flesh being turned to dust, and bones to sticks
We looked on this side of thee, shooting short;
Where we did find
The shells of fledge souls left behind
Dry dust, which sheds no tears, but may extort
But since our saviors death did put some blood
Into thy face;
Thou art grown fair and full of grace,
Much in request, much sought for as a good
For we do now behold thee gay and glad,
As at dooms day;
When souls shall wear their new array,
And all thy bones with beauty shall be clad
Therefore we can go die as sleep, and trust
Half that we have
Unto an honest faithful grave;
Making our pillows either down, or dust.
Scheme | ABBA CDDC EFFE XGGX HIIH JXXJ |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 11111111001 1011 01011101 1111011111 1101011111 1111 10011101 1101110111 1111111101 1111 01111101 1111111101 11101011111 0111 11110111 1001111101 1111011101 1111 11111101 0111110111 111111101 1111 10110101 10101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 852 |
Words | 166 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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