Analysis of Birth And Death
Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837 (London) – 1909 (London)
Birth and death, twin-sister and twin-brother,
Night and day, on all things that draw breath,
Reign, while time keeps friends with one another
Birth and death.
Each brow-bound with flowers diverse of wreath,
Heaven they hail as father, earth as mother,
Faithful found above them and beneath.
Smiles may lighten tears, and tears may smother
Smiles, for all that joy or sorrow saith:
Joy nor sorrow knows not from each other
Birth and death.
| Scheme | abaB cac abaB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011100110 101111111 1111111010 101 1111100111 10111101110 101011001 1110101110 111111101 1110111110 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 441 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 18, 2023
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