Analysis of Sam Hookey
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
I ran away from home with the circus,
Having fallen in love with Mademoiselle Estralada,
The lion tamer.
One time, having starved the lions
For more than a day,
I entered the cage and began to beat Brutus
And Leo and Gypsy.
Whereupon Brutus sprang upon me,
And killed me.
On entering these regions
I met a shadow who cursed me,
And said it served me right....
It was Robespierre!
| Scheme | ABCDBAEEEDEBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101111010 10100110011 01010 11101010 11101 110010011110 010010 101101011 011 1100110 1101111 011111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 375 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 296 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 70 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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