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.
Font size:
Submitted on October 15, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 32 sec read
- 3 Views
Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXAXX XXXXXXXX XXX |
---|---|
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 523 |
Words | 107 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 8, 3 |
Translation
Find a translation for this poem in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Epitaph" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 18 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/70462/epitaph>.
Discuss the poem Epitaph 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