Victor Necrophilia
i heard his death i mem'ry'd him
i conjured him before me slim
i looked on him whom i had known
so dangerous dark so little known
my tongue ungrown not yet to speak
it yesses he without retreat
who now is stygian he among
but stands here still before me won
as darkling as he lived to me
he may as this a shadow be
but just as darkly see'd i he
whose musk whose swart i smell i see
he saturnine and silent, he
as he is dead as I shall be
as we now consummate shall be
as we now consummated be.
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On hearing of the death of one I knew.
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Written on May 17, 2019
Submitted by lrussell876 on September 25, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABBCDEFGGGGGGGG |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 520 |
Words | 120 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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