Analysis of Fleming Helphenstine
Edwin Arlington Robinson 1869 – 1935
At first I thought there was a superfine
Persuasion in his face; but the free flow
That filled it when he stopped and cried, "Hollo!"
Shone joyously, and so I let it shine.
He said his name was Fleming Helphenstine,
But be that as it may;—I only know
He talked of this and that and So-and-So,
And laughed and chaffed like any friend of mine.
But soon, with a queer, quick frown, he looked at me,
And I looked hard at him; and there we gazed
In a strained way that made us cringe and wince:
Then, with a wordless clogged apology
That sounded half confused and half amazed,
He dodged,—and I have never seen him since.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111101 0100111011 111111011 11011111 11111101 1111111101 1111010101 0101110111 11101111111 0111110111 0011111101 1101010100 1101010101 1101110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 614 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 237 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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