Analysis of Mrs. Purkapile
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
He ran away and was gone for a year.
When he came home he told me the silly story
Of being kidnapped by pirates on Lake Michigan
And kept in chains so he could not write me.
I pretended to believe it, though I knew very well
What he was doing, and that he met
The milliner, Mrs. Williams, now and then
When she went to the city to buy goods, as she said.
But a promise is a promise
And marriage is marriage,
And out of respect for my own character
I refused to be drawn into a divorce
By the scheme of a husband who had merely grown tired
Of his marital vow and duty.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101011101 111111101010 110111011100 0101111111 10101011111101 111100111 01001010101 1111010111111 10101010 010110 01101111100 10111101001 10110101110110 111001010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 562 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 440 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 117 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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