Simplify Me When I'm Dead by Keith Douglas: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Simplify Me When I'm Dead that begins with:

Remember me when I am dead
and simplify me when I'm dead.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: AA bcd bcd edf edf gea gea Xac cacXAA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01011111 11011101 1010001 11010001 1011111 111100111 11011100 10110011 0110001 1101101 110101110000011 1100101 110010011 01001111 0010111111 1111101010 11000011 11110101 0011101 1110101 1111011 10110001 01010110000100 1110101 11000101 1000111010 01011111 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines dead is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Simplify Me When I'm Dead;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Keith Douglas

Poems about...
✕