Analysis of Contradictions
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 |
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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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