Analysis of An Epitaph
Walter de la Mare 1873 (Charlton, London) – 1956 (Twickenham)
Here lies a most beautiful lady,
Light of step and heart was she;
I think she was the most beautiful lady
That ever was in the West Country.
But beauty vanishes, beauty passes;
However rare -- rare it be;
And when I crumble,who will remember
This lady of the West Country.
| Scheme | AAAA XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 110110010 1110111 11110110010 110100110 1101001010 101111 01111010 11010110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 280 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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