Analysis of The Dead. (From The German Of Stockmann)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)
How they so softly rest,
All they the holy ones,
Unto whose dwelling-place
Now doth my soul draw near!
How they so softly rest,
All in their silent graves,
Deep to corruption
Slowly don-sinking!
And they no longer weep,
Here, where complaint is still!
And they no longer feel,
Here, where all gladness flies!
And, by the cypresses
Softly o'ershadowed
Until the Angel
Calls them, they slumber!
| Scheme | AbxxAxxx xxxxbaxx |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 110101 101101 111111 111101 101101 11010 10110 011101 110111 011101 11111 0101 101 01010 11110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 400 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 154 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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