Analysis of Lines Written on the Eve of His Execution
James Graham 1612 (Edinburgh) – 1650 (Edinburgh)
Let them bestow on every airth a limb,
Then open all my veins, that I may swim
To thee, my Maker, in that crimson lake,
Then place my par boiled head upon a stake;
Scatter my ashes, strow them in the air.
Lord, since thou knowest where all these atoms are,
I'm hopeful thou'lt recover once my dust,
And confident thou'lt raise me with the just.
| Scheme | AABBCDEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011100101 1101111111 1111001101 1111110101 1011011001 1111111101 1101010111 0100111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 346 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 264 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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