Analysis of Impromptu lines on capt george
Impromptu line on Capt. George
Chagrin!; Chagrin!!
Except God, no mortal man beneath the sky
can lay him so low as can this
Here lies forlornly in his narrow crypt
They bear him to his resting-place
He was too silent in a sunless mould
To raise up visions of historical hours
That such reminders of endurance
May stouten heart now strained
By the craftsmanship left in our imperfect ways
Here he lies in grief
who took to the junction in a tragic adventure
To fight it out in a frenzy
But unable to push them back - died
Lay still and fertilized the field.
To him I built this cairn of words
After the murmurs of mortar music
Mobbed him with a queer affection
Here lies his works; his ways
And life itself resign in a silent grave
May the ground where he fell;
may the inhabitants beyond welcome him
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101111 0101 01111010101 11111111 11101101 11111101 111100011 111101010010 110101100 11111 101010100101 11101 1110100010010 11110010 101011111 1101001 11111111 1001011010 11101010 111111 01010100101 101111 10010001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 798 |
Words | 150 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 6, 5, 3, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on August 21, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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