Analysis of Men of Medicine
Men of Medicine 1942 (NY)
MEN OF MEDICINE
Men of Hippocrates, I too am one,
Now ashamed of what has become
A once noble art turned around
Spiraling quickly from heaven to ground.
Gods we were never, yet closer before,
Now much more base, the art from us torn.
Strive for the heights; compete with each other,
Close eyes and ears to those who smother,
Under ills that mankind gave birth,
To strangle our fellows
And douse out their mirth.
It is time we spoke less of things esoteric,
Filled our hearts with compassion empathetic,
Cried in our souls when we feel others suffer,
Smile and laugh when sick is no more,
Know all men are rich when they seem poor.
Hyde Park, Chicago 1968
| Scheme | A AXBB CXDDEXE FFDCX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11100 11101111 10111101 01101101 1001011011 1101011001 111101111 1101011110 110111110 10111111 1101010 01111 11111111010 11011010010 101011111010 10111111 111111111 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 637 |
| Words | 120 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 7, 5, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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