Analysis of A Dialogue-Anthem
George Herbert 1593 (Montgomery) – 1633 (Bemerton)
Alas, poor Death! Where is thy glory?
Where is thy famous force, thy ancient sting?
Alas, poor mortal, void of story!
Go spell and read how I have killed thy King.
Poor Death! And who was hurt thereby?
Thy curse being laid on Him makes thee accurst.
Let losers talk, yet thou shalt die;
These arms shall crush thee.
Spare not, do thy worst.
I shall be one day better than before;
Thou so much worse, that thou shalt be no more.
Scheme | AB AB CD CA DEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011111110 1111011101 011101110 1101111111 11011111 1110111111 11011111 11111 11111 1111110101 1111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 425 |
Words | 84 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 3 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 65 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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