Analysis of To Florence
Joseph Seamon Cotter 1861 (Louisville) – 1949
Sister, when at the grassy mound I stand
Which holds in cold embrace thy mortal frame,
The tears unbidden rush into my mortal eyes
And wash away from me all save the sight
Of thy pure life and patient suffering.
And ever and anon comes memory
Of days gone by when health's bright sun did shine
Upon us both. And tho within the Cloud
I stand, content I am to think of thee
And live as best I may, till by thy side
In God's own time, I lay me down to rest.
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Metre | 1011010111 1101011101 0111011101 0101111101 1111010100 010011100 1111111111 0111010101 1110111111 0111111111 0111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 462 |
Words | 95 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 352 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 93 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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