Analysis of Epitaph For A Shepherdess
Konstantin Nikolaevich Batiushkov 1787 (Vologda) – 1855 (Vologda)
Beloved maidens! Playful and carefree,
You sing, you dance and frolic in the glades.
I, too, once dwelt in gay Arcadia,
I, too, in early days found moments
Of joy in woods and glades:
In golden dreams, love promised happiness:
But what did I attain in this glad land?-
The grave!
| Scheme | ABCDBEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01101001 1111010001 1111010100 110101110 110101 0101110100 1111010111 01 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 280 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 214 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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