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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