Analysis of Wolfe demanded during dying
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Wolfe demanded during dying
"Which obtain the Day"?
"General, the British"—"Easy"
Answered Wolfe "to die"
Montcalm, his opposing Spirit
Rendered with a smile
"Sweet" said he "my own Surrender
Liberty's beguile"
Scheme | XXXX XAXA |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 10101010 10101 10001010 10111 1101010 10101 11111010 10001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 213 |
Words | 33 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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