Analysis of Inexorable
William Henry Drummond 1854 – 1907
MY thoughts hold mortal strife;
I do detest my life,
And with lamenting cries
Peace to my soul to bring
Oft call that prince which here doth monarchise:
--But he, grim-grinning King,
Who caitiffs scorns, and doth the blest surprise,
Late having deck'd with beauty's rose his tomb,
Disdains to crop a weed, and will not come.
| Scheme | AABCBCBDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (22%) |
| Metre | 111101 110111 010101 111111 11111111 111101 111010101 110111111 0111010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 344 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 253 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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