Analysis of Willie Pennington
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
They called me the weakling, the simpleton,
For my brothers were strong and beautiful,
While I, the last child of parents who had aged,
Inherited only their residue of power.
But they, my brothers, were eaten up
In the fury of the flesh, which I had not,
Made pulp in the activity of the senses, which I had not,
Hardened by the growth of the lusts, which I had not,
Though making names and riches for themselves.
Then I, the weak one, the simpleton,
Resting in a little corner of life,
Saw a vision, and through me many saw the vision,
Not knowing it was through me.
Thus a tree sprang
From me, a mustard seed.
Scheme | ABCDEFFFGAHAIJK |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11101001 1110010100 11011110111 010010110110 111100101 00101011111 1100010010101111 101011011111 1101010101 1101101 1000101011 1010011101010 1101111 1011 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 605 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 472 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 116 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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