Analysis of Two Men
Edwin Arlington Robinson 1869 – 1935
There be two men of all mankind
That I should like to know about;
But search and question where I will,
I cannot ever find them out.
Melchizedek he praised the Lord,
And gave some wine to Abraham;
But who can tell what else he did
Must be more learned than I am.
Ucalegon he lost his house
When Agamemnon came to Troy;
But who can tell me who he was --
I'll pray the gods to give him joy.
There be two men of all mankind
That I'm forever thinking on:
They chase me everywhere I go, --
Melchizedek, Ucalegon.
Scheme | Abxb xcxc xdxd Aexe |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11111111 11111101 11010111 11010111 11101 0111110 11111111 1111111 11111 101111 11111111 11011111 11111111 11010101 1111011 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 515 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 04, 2023
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