Analysis of On The Grave Of A Young Cavalry Officer Killed In The Valley Of Virginia
Herman Melville 1819 – 1891
Beauty and youth, with manners sweet, and
friends--
Gold, yet a mind not unenriched had he
Whom here low violets veil from eyes.
But all these gifts transcended be:
His happier fortune in this mound you see.
| Scheme | ABCDCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100111010 1 11011111 111100111 11110101 11001001111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 210 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 163 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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