Analysis of Rhyme For My Tomb
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
Here lyeth one
Who loved the sun;
Who lived with zest,
Whose work was done,
Reward, dear Lord,
Thy weary son:
May he be blest
With peace and rest,
Nor wake again,
Amen.
Scheme | AABACABBDD |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (80%) Etheree (40%) |
Metre | 111 1101 1111 1111 0111 1101 1111 1101 1101 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 177 |
Words | 35 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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