Analysis of Religion.

Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)



Priests indeed may prate
This side o' death, but 'yond the bourne
Their service fails.


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Tercet 
Metre 10111 11111101 1101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 92
Words 17
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 68
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Robert Crawford

Robert Crawford FRSE FBA is a Scottish poet, scholar and critic. He is currently Professor of English at the University of St Andrews.  more…

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