Analysis of Epitaph On An Infant
Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772 (Ottery St Mary) – 1834 (Highgate)
Ere sin could blight, or sorrow fade,
Death came with friendly care;
The opening bud to heaven conveyed,
And bade it blossom there.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11111101 111101 0100111001 011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 139 |
| Words | 25 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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