Analysis of Inscription
Herman Melville 1819 – 1891
_For Graves at Pea Ridge, Arkansas_
Let none misgive we died amiss
When here we strove in furious fight:
Furious it was; nathless was this
Better than tranquil plight,
And tame surrender of the Cause
Hallowed by hearts and by the laws.
We here who warred for Man and Right,
The choice of warring never laid with us.
There we were ruled by the traitor's choice.
Nor long we stood to trim and poise,
But marched and fell--victorious!
| Scheme | A ABABAABAAAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 11011101 111101001 10011111 101101 01010101 10110101 11111101 0111010111 11011011 11111101 11010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 428 |
| Words | 80 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 11 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 171 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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