Analysis of Epitaph for a Romantic Woman
Louise Bogan 1897 (Livermore Falls) – 1970 (New York City)
She has attained the permanence
She dreamed of, where old stones lie sunning.
Untended stalks blow over her
Even and swift, like young men running.
Always in the heart she loved
Others had lived, -- she heard their laughter.
She lies where none has lain before,
Where certainly none will follow after.
| Scheme | XABA XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11010100 111111110 111100 100111110 100111 101111110 11111101 1100111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 309 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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