Analysis of Her Grave.

Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)



The flowers on her grave scarce breathe,
So sweet a flower lies hid beneath;
As if they feared their growth might stir
The sleepy earth that covers her.


Scheme ABCC
Poetic Form
Metre 01010111 110101101 11111111 01011100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 157
Words 30
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 122
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Robert Crawford

Robert Crawford FRSE FBA is a Scottish poet, scholar and critic. He is currently Professor of English at the University of St Andrews.  more…

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