Analysis of On An Infant Which Died Before Baptism
Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772 (Ottery St Mary) – 1834 (Highgate)
'Be, rather than be call'd, a child of God,'
Death whisper'd!--with assenting nod,
Its head upon its mother's breast,
The Baby bow'd, without demur--
Of the kingdom of the Blest
Possessor, not inheritor.
April 8th, 1799.
| Scheme | AABCBC X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101110111 110111 11011101 01010101 1010101 01010100 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 222 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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