Analysis of Epitaph Of Constantine Kanaris
William Edmondstoune Aytoun 1813 (Edinburgh) – 1865 (Lhanbryde)
I am Constantine Kanaris:
I, who lie beneath this stone,
Twice into the air in thunder
Have the Turkish galleys blown.
In my bed I died-a Christian,
Hoping straight with Christ to be;
Yet one earthly wish is buried
Deep within the grave with me-
That upon the open ocean
When the third Armada came,
They and I had died together,
Whirled aloft on wings of flame.
Yet 'tis something that they've laid me
In a land without a stain:
Keep it thus, my God and Saviour,
Till I rise from earth again!
Scheme | XABA CDXD CEBE DXBX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 11101 1110111 10101010 1010101 01111010 1011111 11101110 1010111 10101010 1010101 10111010 1011111 11101111 0010101 1111101 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 485 |
Words | 95 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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