Analysis of The Clay
John Le Gay Brereton 1871 (Sydney) – 1933
When I cast my slough of clay
Put it quietly away.
Let no bloom untimely fade
Where my empty heart is laid.
Ask no folk to crowd around
With an air of woe profound.
Those who love me know that I
Cannot in a coffin lie.
Let them go where'er they will,
Dreaming of me living still.
Let no formal words be said
Customary for the dead.
Plant no stone above the pit:
Let the grass run over it.
Scheme | AA BB CC DD EE FF GG |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 1111111 1110001 1110101 1110111 1111101 1111101 1111111 1000101 1111011 1011101 1110111 100101 1110101 1011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 383 |
Words | 81 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 43 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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