Analysis of Quatrains

Harriet Monroe 1860 (Chicago) – 1936 (Arequipa)



I
Give to brave deeds emblazoned shrines
Where reverent memories may throng.
For them Art draws her perfect lines
In stone, in color, and in song.

II
For the Sierra Club Lodge in Yosemite Valley

Here, traveller, pause along your upward way—
Enter and rest, and search your soul today.
High are the mountains where your feet would fare—
Let wisdom lead, that joy may find you there.

III
The Monument by Saint-Gaudens in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington

I WAS a woman who now sleep so still.
I laughed and wept, I loved and had my will.
Com'st thou to question? com'st thou here to
pray? Life nor death matters now, nor good nor ill.


Scheme ABCBC AX DDEE AX FFXF
Poetic Form
Metre 1 11110101 110010011 11110011 01010001 1 10010110010010 11001011101 1001011101 1101011111 1101111111 1 0100111011100100 1101011111 1101110111 11111011111 11111011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 633
Words 117
Sentences 10
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 5, 2, 4, 2, 4
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 99
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Harriet Monroe

Harriet Monroe was an American editor, scholar, literary critic, poet and patron of the arts. more…

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