Analysis of Weep Not For Him That Dieth
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton 1808 (Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Sheridan London) – 1877 (London)
WEEP not for him that dieth--
For he sleeps, and is at rest;
And the couch whereon he lieth
Is the green earth's quiet breast:
But weep for him who pineth
On a far land's hateful shore,
Who wearily declineth
Where ye see his face no more!
II.
Weep not for him that dieth,
For friends are round his bed,
And many a young lip sigheth
When they name the early dead;
But weep for him that liveth
Where none will know or care,
When the groan his faint heart giveth
Is the last sigh of despair.
III.
Weep not for him that dieth,
For his struggling soul is free,
And the world from which it flieth
Is a world of misery;
But weep for him that weareth
The captive's galling chain:
To the agony he beareth,
Death were but little pain.
IV.
Weep not for him that dieth,
For he hath ceased from tears,
And a voice to his replieth
Which he hath not heard for years;
But weep for him who weepeth
On that cold land's cruel shore--
Blest, blest is he that sleepeth,--
Weep for the dead no more!
Scheme | Ababacacd Aeaeafafd Agagahahx Axaxacac |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 1110111 001111 1011101 111111 1011101 11001 1111111 1 111111 111111 0100111 1110101 111111 111111 10111110 1011101 1 111111 11100111 0011111 1011100 111111 01101 1010011 101101 1 111111 111111 001111 1111111 111111 1111101 111111 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 984 |
Words | 196 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 9, 9, 8 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 188 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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