Analysis of On Darwin's Tomb in Westminster Abbey
Frederick George Scott 1861 (Montreal, Quebec) – 1944 (Quebec City, Quebec)
THE Muse, when asked what words alone
Were worthy tribute to his fame,
Took up her pen, and on the stone
Inscribed his name.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 01111101 01010111 11010101 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 161 |
| Words | 26 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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