Analysis of Resurgam
Alan Seeger 1888 (New York City) – 1916
Exiled afar from youth and happy love,
If Death should ravish my fond spirit hence
I have no doubt but, like a homing dove,
It would return to its dear residence,
And through a thousand stars find out the road
Back into earthly flesh that was its loved abode.
| Scheme | ABACDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101110101 111111101 1111110101 1101111100 0101011101 101101111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 267 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 206 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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