Analysis of Under the sod
Under the sod, Under the sod, what all things? What all things?
Under the sod, Under the sod, what will be? What will be?
A story off the chest; or a story of the chest?
Off and off; or of and of and of?
Under the sod, Under the sod, a cadaver so would lie,
On postmortem touch of all worms on decay.
Over all sod, sod, sod, all sod to hide,
Under the sod, Under the sod, who may be? oh who may be?
No, cant say, no scripture a write-up no cross of name
May be, may be such a poor, poor soul not to mention more
Perhaps nothing for a noble resurrection on a burst so strong
Or enjoy and so cooling on the dreams of rebirth untold
| Scheme | ABCDEFGBHIJK |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10011001111111 10011001111111 0101011010101 101110101 100110010010111 10101111101 1011111111 100110011111111 1111100111111 11111011111101 0110101001010111 101011010110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 618 |
| Words | 131 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
| Words per line (avg) | 11 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 470 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 131 |
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Submitted on October 09, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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