Analysis of Elizabeth

Edgar Allan Poe 1809 (Boston) – 1849 (Baltimore)



Elizabeth, it surely is most fit
  [Logic and common usage so commanding]
  In thy own book that first thy name be writ,
  Zeno and other sages notwithstanding;
  And I have other reasons for so doing
  Besides my innate love of contradiction;
  Each poet - if a poet - in pursuing
  The muses thro' their bowers of Truth or Fiction,
  Has studied very little of his part,
  Read nothing, written less - in short's a fool
  Endued with neither soul, nor sense, nor art,
  Being ignorant of one important rule,
  Employed in even the theses of the school-
  Called - I forget the heathenish Greek name
  [Called anything, its meaning is the same]
  "Always write first things uppermost in the heart."


Scheme ABABBCBCDEDEEFFD
Poetic Form
Metre 0100110111 10010101010 0111111111 1001010010 01110101110 0110111010 11010100010 010111011110 1101010111 1101010101 0111011111 10100110101 01010010101 11010111 110110101 111110001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 692
Words 123
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 528
Words per stanza (avg) 120
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 03, 2023

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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. more…

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