Analysis of Here They Lie
Robert Graves 1895 (Wimbledon) – 1985 (Deià)
Here they lie who once learned here
All that is taught of hurt or fear;
Dead, but by free will they died:
They were true men, they had pride.
| Scheme | ABCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111111 11111111 1111111 1011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 146 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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