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.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJKI
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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Angela Neal

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