Analysis of The Death
Leon Gellert 1892 (Australia) – 1977
I’m hit. It’s come at last, I feel a smart
Of needles in ……My God …. I’m hit again!
No pain this time……no pain….. and yet…..
my heart……
Where is my heart? ‘Tis strange I feel no pain.
The night is still, the night is very still
I feel the April rain upon my hair.
I see the lights upon yonder hill
Agleam and shining in the silent air.
How soft the grasses seem-how soft and cool!
How long the valley looks-how long and deep!
How warm the rain! I feel a little pool
Beside my hand. I feel…..Can this be sleep?
Can this be sleep…. This buzzing in my head?….
Good God! A light! A light! The pool! I’m ***
Scheme | ABCADEFEFGHGHIJ |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
Metre | 1111111101 1100111101 11111101 11 1111111111 0111011101 1101010111 110101101 0101000101 1101011101 1101011101 1101110101 0111111111 1111110011 110101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 630 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 23 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 433 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 121 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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