Analysis of Amelia Garrick
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
Yes, here I lie close to a stunted rose bush
In a forgotten place near the fence
Where the thickets from Siever's woods
Have crept over, growing sparsely.
And you, you are a leader in New York,
The wife of a noted millionaire,
A name in the society columns,
Beautiful, admired, magnified perhaps
By the mirage of distance.
You have succeeded, I have failed
In the eyes of the world.
You are alive, I am dead.
Yet I know that I vanquished your spirit;
And I know that lying here far from you,
Unheard of among your great friends
In the brilliant world where you move,
I am really the unconquerable power over your life
That robs it of complete triumph.
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Metre | 11111101011 000101101 1010111 11101010 0111010011 01101001 0100010010 1000101001 1001110 11010111 001101 1101111 1111110110 0111101111 01101111 00101111 111001101011 11110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 642 |
Words | 123 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 512 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 121 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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