Analysis of Johnnie Sayre
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
Father, thou canst never know
The anguish that smote my heart
For my disobedience, the moment I felt
The remorseless wheel of the engine
Sink into the crying flesh of my leg.
As they carried me to the home of widow Morris
I could see the school-house in the valley
To which I played truant to steal rides upon the trains.
I prayed to live until I could ask your forgiveness --
And then your tears, your broken words of comfort!
From the solace of that hour I have gained infinite happiness.
Thou wert wise to chisel for me:
"Taken from the evil to come."
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011101 0101111 11010001011 001011010 1010101111 1110110111010 1110110010 1111101110101 1111011111010 01111101110 10101110111100100 11111011 10101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 550 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 436 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 105 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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