Suspiria
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)
Take them, O Death! and bear away
Whatever thou canst call thine own!
Thine image, stamped upon this clay,
Doth give thee that, but that alone!
Take them, O Grave! and let them lie
Folded upon thy narrow shelves,
As garments by the soul laid by,
And precious only to ourselves!
Take them, O great Eternity!
Our little life is but a gust
That bends the branches of thy tree,
And trails its blossoms in the dust!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 409 |
Words | 79 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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