Analysis of A Rhyme of Death's Inn
Lizette Woodworth Reese 1856 (Waverly) – 1935
A rhyme of good Death's inn!
My love came to that door;
And she had need of many things,
The way had been so sore.
My love she lifted up her head,
"And is there room?" said she;
"There was no room in Bethlehem's inn
For Christ who died for me."
But said the keeper of the inn,
"His name is on the door."
My love then straightway entered there:
She hath come back no more.
Scheme | ABXB XCAC ABXB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 011111 111111 01111101 011111 11110101 011111 11110101 111111 11010101 111101 1111101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 397 |
Words | 81 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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