Analysis of Among The Tombs
Henry John Newbolt, Sir 1862 – 1938
She is a lady fair and wise,
Her heart her counsel keeps,
And well she knows of time that flies
And tide that onward sweeps;
But still she sits with restless eyes
Where Memory sleeps---
Where Memory sleeps.
Ye that have heard the whispering dead
In every wind that creeps,
Or felt the stir that strains the lead
Beneath the mounded heaps,
Tread softly, ah! more softly tread
Where Memory sleeps---
Where Memory sleeps.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101 010101 01111111 011101 11111101 11001 11001 111101001 0100111 11011101 01011 11011101 11001 11001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 408 |
Words | 75 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 165 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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