Analysis of Epitaph On A Robin Redbreast.
Samuel Rogers 1763 (Newington Green) – 1855
Tread lightly here, for here, 'tis said,
When piping winds are hush'd around,
A small note wakes from underground,
Where now his tiny bones are laid.
No more in lone and leafless groves,
With ruffled wing and faded breast,
His friendless, homeless spirit roves;
--Gone to the world where birds are blest!
Where never cat glides o'er the green,
Or school-boy's giant form is seen;
But Love, and Joy, and smiling Spring
Inspire their little souls to sing!
Scheme | ABBCDEDEFFGG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011111 11011101 0111110 11110111 11010101 11010101 1110101 11011111 110111001 11110111 11010101 01110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 442 |
Words | 78 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 353 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 78 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on May 02, 2023
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