Analysis of On A Picture Of John D. Rockefeller
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
If thou, Columbia, dost from this, thy son--
The condor beak and python eyes--recoil,
Bethink thee of the years that Freedom's soil
Was husbanded by devil-feet which run
To scatter lies and wrongs; until thereon
Huge growths do thrive, once meadow, by the toil
Of pioneers; where now resort for spoil
The mouths and beaks that hunt for carrion.
In years to come, if men mid the debris
Of this republic shall explore the cause
Of vast decay, two faces will appear:
The perjured Marshall, who with sorcery
Planted the jungle of unequal laws,
And this huge reptile, now a nation's Fear!
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Metre | 11010011111 0101010101 111011101 11110111 1101010101 111111101 101110111 0101111100 0111111001 1101010101 1101110101 0101011100 1001010101 0111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 591 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 459 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 102 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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