Analysis of Unlike Lazarus
Brittle-boned and bruised in this black nest.
Barely breathing, like a bird just born.
And I believe in the resurrection.
I see you through the cracked earth rising
Like the full, white moon.
Unlike Lazarus, your flesh clean and sweet.
Alabaster roses.
| Scheme | ABCDEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101010111 101010111 010100010 111101110 10111 0110011101 10010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 246 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 201 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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