Analysis of The Bellman
Muriel Stuart 1885 – 1967
BRING out your dead before you reap
From lips beloved infection dread;
Above such brows ye dare not weep!
Bring out your dead
Into the street from breast or bed,
Lest ye too sicken into sleep
That recks not of the Bellman's tread.
Thrice foolish heart! Why do you heap
Corpse upon corpse--conspire to spread
Corruption on all else you keep?
Bring out your dead!
Scheme | abaB bab abaB |
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Poetic Form | Roundel |
Metre | 11110111 11010101 01111111 1111 01011111 11110011 1111011 11011111 101101011 01011111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 367 |
Words | 67 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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