Analysis of Contradictions

Amy Levy 1861 (London) – 1889 (London)



Now, even, I cannot think it true,
My friend, that there is no more you.
Almost as soon were no more I,
Which were, of course, absurdity!
Your place is bare, you are not seen,
Your grave, I'm told, is growing green;
And both for you and me, you know,
There's no Above and no Below.
That you are dead must be inferred,
And yet my thought rejects the word.


Scheme AABCDDEEFF
Poetic Form Etheree  (40%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 110110111 11111111 1110111 10110100 11111111 11111101 01110111 11010101 11111101 01110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 353
Words 72
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 264
Words per stanza (avg) 70
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 17, 2023

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Amy Levy

Amy Levy was a British essayist, poet, and novelist best remembered for her feminist positions and her homosexual romances during the Victorian era. more…

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