Analysis of Epitaph in a Church-Yard in Charleston, South Carolina
Amy Lowell 1874 (Brookline) – 1925 (Brookline)
GEORGE AUGUSTUS CLOUGH
A NATIVE OF LIVERPOOL,
DIED SUDDENLY OF "STRANGER'S FEVER"
NOV'R 5th 1843
He died of "Stranger's Fever" when his youth
Had scarcely melted into manhood, so
The chiselled legend runs; a brother's woe
Laid bare for epitaph. The savage ruth
Of a sunny, bright, but alien land, uncouth
With cruel caressing dealt a mortal blow,
And by this summer sea where flowers grow
In tropic splendor, witness to the truth
Of ineradicable race he lies.
The law of duty urged that he should roam,
Should sail from fog and chilly airs to skies
Clear with deceitful welcome. He had come
With proud resolve, but still his lonely eyes
Ached with fatigue at never seeing home.
Scheme | X X X X ABBAABBACDCXCD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101 010110 110011010 1111 1111010111 110100111 011010101 111100101 101011100111 11001010101 0111011101 0101010101 1001000111 0111011111 1111010111 1101010111 1101111101 1101110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 688 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 14 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 04, 2023
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