Analysis of In Memoriam A. H. H.: 82. I wage not any feud with death
I wage not any feud with Death
For changes wrought on form and face;
No lower life that earth's embrace
May breed with him, can fright my faith.
Eternal process moving on,
From state to state the spirit walks;
And these are but the shatter'd stalks,
Or ruin'd chrysalis of one.
Nor blame I Death, because he bare
The use of virtue out of earth:
I know transplanted human worth
Will bloom to profit, otherwhere.
For this alone on Death I wreak
The wrath that garners in my heart;
He put our lives so far apart
We cannot hear each other speak.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111 11011101 11011101 11111111 0101101 11110101 01110101 11010011 11110111 01110111 11010101 111101 11011111 01110011 111011101 11011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 619 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 212 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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