Analysis of Dirge
Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892 (Rockland) – 1950 (Austerlitz)
Boys and girls that held her dear,
Do your weeping now;
All you loved of her lies here.
Brought to earth the arrogant brow,
And the withering tongue
Chastened; do your weeping now.
Sing whatever songs are sung,
Wind whatever wreath,
For a playmate perished young,
For a spirit spent in death.
Boys and girls that held her dear,
All you loved of her lies here.
| Scheme | AbC bdb dxd xAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011101 11101 1111011 11101001 001001 1011101 110111 1101 101101 1010101 1011101 1111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 356 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 71 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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