Analysis of Burial
Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892 (Rockland) – 1950 (Austerlitz)
Mine is a body that should die at sea!
And have for a grave, instead of a grave
Six feet deep and the length of me,
All the water that is under the wave!
And terrible fishes to seize my flesh,
Such as a living man might fear,
And eat me while I am firm and fresh,—
Not wait till I've been dead for a year!
| Scheme | ABABCDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
| Metre | 1101011111 0110101101 11100111 1010111001 0100101111 11010111 011111101 111111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 308 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 230 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 15, 2023
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