Analysis of Grave
I sleep in a grave, not dead, just sleeping
My cheeks are cold, my hands are still
Like Juliet I wait
But not for Romeo, for my heart beats for no one else
but me.
The grave is shallow, the rain falls down my face
Flowers grow wild at my feet
The worms keep away, for they know better.
Flowers bloom, warmed by the sun
My cold still body stirs
Life will spring forth from the earth,
For my life has just begun.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1100111110 11111111 11011 1111011111111 11 01110011111 1011111 0110111110 1011101 111101 1111101 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 399 |
Words | 83 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 317 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 83 |
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Submitted on October 25, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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