Analysis of Epitaph
Read with a gentle breast,
These murmurs of earth and sky
Then truly have you seen,
Beneth this sod a woman lie
With anguish moist and fever dew
Who in her life has done nothing wrong
Although it be a history
Here on her hours as a book
Bliss was it at the dawn of her life
Fresh as the morning star
But melancholy marked her for assault
The wild-witch thorns among
Huge and mighty forms who do not live
Such a parcel of rouges
Sad, the tales of this idel page
Make my thoughts acquainted with the grave
But not a blink of light was there.
Scheme | XAXAXX XXXXXXXX XXX |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101 1101101 110111 1110101 11010101 100111101 1110100 11010101 111101101 110101 110010101 011101 101011111 101011 1011111 111010101 11011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 523 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 8, 3 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 143 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
Font size:
Submitted on October 15, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 32 sec read
- 3 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Epitaph" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 21 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/70462/epitaph>.
Discuss this Christopher Azakor Nwakwesi poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In