Analysis of Death and the Maiden
Elinor Morton Wylie 1885 (Somerville, New Jersey) – 1928 (New York City, New York)
BARCAROLE ON THE STYX
Fair youth with the rose at your lips,
A riddle is hid in your eyes;
Discard conversational quips,
Give over elaborate disguise.
The rose's funeral breath
Confirms by intuitive fears;
To prove your devotion, Sir Death,
Avaunt for a dozen of years.
But do not forget to array
Your terror in juvenile charms;
I shall deeply regret my delay
If I sleep in a skeleton's arms.
Scheme | X ABAB CDCD EFEF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 11101111 01011011 0101001 11001001 0101001 01101001 11101011 1101011 11101101 11001001 111001101 1110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 397 |
Words | 72 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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