This is an analysis of Dead March by Weldon Kees.
Under the bunker, where the reek of kerosene
Prepared the marriage rite, leader and whore,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aba bcd eXe XcX XXd baXXedd
- Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,3,7,
- Metre: 100101010101 0101011011 010101000111 110101111001 1101010111110101 11010101011100 1010010101 0101010010101010 101000111 1101000111010 10010111010111 11110101001010 1101011101010 1110101100100 11110111010100 1101010101 1001010111 0100110101110 10110001110101 1110011101 11110011010101
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 21