Analysis of Titanic Requiem
Harriet Monroe 1860 (Chicago) – 1936 (Arequipa)
Sleep softly in your ocean bed,
You who could grandly die !
Our fathers, who at Shiloh bled,
Accept your company.
O sons of warriors, lightly rest,
Daughters of pioneers!
Heroes freeborn, who chose the best,
No tears for you, but cheers!
Lovers of life, who life could give,
Sleep softly where you lie!
Ours be the vigil—help us live,
Who teach us how to die.
| Scheme | ABAX CDCD XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 11001101 111101 101011101 011100 111100101 10101 10101101 111111 10111111 110111 101010111 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 366 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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