Analysis of Epitaph [To This Grave Is Committed]
James Beattie 1735 (Laurencekirk) – 1803 (Aberdeen)
I was a friend, On this sad stone a pious look bestow,
Nor uninstructed read this tale of woe;
And while the sigh of sorrow heaves thy breast,
Let each rebellious murmur be supprest;
Heaven's hidden ways to trace, for us, how vain!
Heaven's wise decrees, how impious, to arraign!
Pure from the stains of a polluted age,
In early bloom of life, they left the stage:
Not doom'd in lingering woe to waste their breath
One moment snatch'd Them from the power of Death:
They liv'd united, and united died;
Happy the friends, whom Death cannot divi
O man, to thee, to all.
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Metre | 11011111010101 1111111 0101110111 110101011 10101111111 101011010101 1101100101 0101111101 11010011111 11011101011 1101000101 1001111010 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 573 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 437 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 104 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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