Analysis of The Bridal And The Burial
James Montgomery 1771 (Irvine) – 1854
I saw thee young and beautiful,
I saw thee rich and gay,
In the first blush of womanhood,
Upon thy wedding-day;
The church-bells rang,
And the little children sang:
'Flowers, flowers, kis her feet;
Sweets to the sweet;
The winter's past, the rains are gone--
Bless'd is the bride whom the sun shines on.'
I saw thee poor and desolate,
I saw thee fade away,
In broken-hearted widowhood,
Before thy locks were grey;
The death-bell rang,
And the little children sang:
'Lilies, dress her winding-sheet;
Sweets to the sweet:
The summer's past, the sunshine gone;
Bless'd is the corpse which the rain rains on.'
Scheme | xabacCdDef xabacCdDef |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11110100 111101 0011110 011101 0111 0010101 1010101 1101 01010111 110110111 11110100 111101 010101 011101 0111 0010101 1010101 1101 0101011 110110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 594 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 232 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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