Analysis of Uncle Ananias
Edwin Arlington Robinson 1869 – 1935
His words were magic and his heart was true,
And everywhere he wandered he was blessed.
Out of all ancient men my childhood knew
I choose him and I mark him for the best.
Of all authoritative liars, too,
I crown him loveliest.
How fondly I remember the delight
That always glorified him in the spring;
The glorious profusion and the benedight
Profusion of his faith in everything!
He was a good old man, and it was right
That he should have his fling.
And often, underneath the apple trees,
When we suprised him in the summer time,
With what superb magnificence and ease
He sinned enough to make the day sublime!
And if he liked us there about his knees,
Truly it was no crime.
All summer long we loved him for the same
Perennial inspiration of his lies;
And when the russet wealth of autumn came,
There flew but fairer visions to our eyes--
Multiple, tropical, winged with a feathery flame,
Like birds of paradise.
So to the sheltered end of many a year
He charmed the seasons out with pageantry
Wearing upon his forehead, with no fear,
The laurel of approved iniquity.
And every child who knew him, far or near,
Did love him faithfully.
Scheme | ABABAB CDBDCD EFEFEF GHGHGX IJIJIJ |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 1101001111 010110111 111101111 1110111101 110100101 1111 1101010001 11101001 0100010001 010111010 1101110111 111111 010010101 111100101 1101101 1101110101 0111110111 101111 1101111101 0100010111 0101011101 11110101101 1001001101001 11110 11010111001 1101011100 1001110111 0101010100 01001111111 111100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,142 |
Words | 210 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 180 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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