Analysis of Giorno dei Morti
David Herbert Lawrence 1885 (Eastwood, Nottinghamshire) – 1930 (Vence)
Along the avenue of cypresses,
All in their scarlet cloaks and surplices
Of linen, go the chanting choristers,
The priests in gold and black, the villagers. . .
And all along the path to the cemetery
The round dark heads of men crowd silently,
And black-scarved faces of womenfolk, wistfully
Watch at the banner of death, and the mystery.
And at the foot of a grave a father stands
With sunken head, and forgotten, folded hands;
And at the foot of a grave a mother kneels
With pale shut face, nor either hears nor feels
The coming of the chanting choristers
Between the avenue of cypresses,
The silence of the many villagers,
The candle-flames beside the surplices.
Scheme | AAAA BBBB AAAA AAAA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 0101011 10110101 11010101 0101010100 01010110100 0111111100 0111011100 110101100100 01011010101 11010010101 01011010101 1111110111 01010101 0101011 0101010100 01010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 673 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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