Analysis of Suicide's Argument, The
Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772 (Ottery St Mary) – 1834 (Highgate)
Ere the birth of my life, if I wished it or no
No question was asked me--it could not be so !
If the life was the question, a thing sent to try
And to live on be YES; what can NO be ? to die.
Is't returned, as 'twas sent ? Is't no worse for the wear ?
Think first, what you ARE ! Call to mind what you WERE !
I gave you innocence, I gave you hope,
Gave health, and genius, and an ample scope,
Return you me guilt, lethargy, despair ?
Make out the invent'ry ; inspect, compare !
Then die--if die you dare !
| Scheme | AABB CXDDCCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101111111111 11011111111 101101001111 011111111111 11011111111101 11111111110 1111001111 1101001101 0111110001 11010101 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 523 |
| Words | 103 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 7 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 183 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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