Analysis of Death Stands Above Me, Whispering Low
Walter Savage Landor 1775 (Warwick) – 1864
Death stands above me, whispering low
I know not what into my ear:
Of his strange language all I know
Is, there is not a word of fear.
| Scheme | ABAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111001 11110111 11110111 11110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 141 |
| Words | 30 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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