Analysis of Rizpah, a study in grief and insanity (tennyson)
Douglas Blair 1951 (London)
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Cut and pace this link for the haunting poem.
I have bested all of them
Lawyers, judges, hangmen high.
And I grabbed my dear Son’s
Waning corpse, I did, and hid.
For a lesser theft they
Sought him, caught him.
Chained him in night’s cold.
Nothing noble, bold
In all of their attempt.
Now I’m visited by some Lady.
Social Services, well just maybe.
And she listens as
I blubber, grieve and vent.
She listens?
One eye fixed on
The door of exit.
Clock ticking out this heartless visit.
| Scheme | XX XXAXXXBBXCCXXAXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 10111101010 1110111 101011 011111 1011101 101011 1111 11011 10101 011101 111001110 101001110 01101 110101 110 1111 01110 110111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 526 |
| Words | 106 |
| Sentences | 15 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 17 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 200 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Written on January 23, 2023
Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 23, 2023
Modified by dougb.72572 on February 03, 2023
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