Analysis of Stanzas In Meditation: Stanza XV
Gertrude Stein 1874 (Allegheny) – 1946 (Paris)
Should they may be they might if they delight
In why they must see it be there not only necessarily
But which they might in which they might
For which they might delight if they look there
And they see there that they look there
To see it be there which it is if it is
Which may be where where it is
If they do not occasion it to be different
From what it is.
In one direction there is the sun and the moon
In the other direction there are cumulus clouds and the sky
In the other direction there is why
They look at what they see
They look very long while they talk along
And they may be said to see that at which they look
Whenever there is no chance of its not being warmer
Than if they wish which they were.
They see that they have what is there may there
Be there also what is to be there if they may care
They care for it of course they care for it.
Now only think three times roses green and blue
And vegetables and pumpkins and pansies too
Which they like as they are very likely not to be
Reminded that it is more than ever necessary
That they should never be surprised at any one time
At just what they have been given by taking what they have
Which they are very careful not to add with
As they may easily indulge in the fragrance
Not only of which but by which they know
That they tell them so.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111101 011111111100100 11110111 1111011111 01111111 11111111111 1111111 1111010111100 1111 010101101001 00100101111001 0010010111 111111 1110111101 011111111111 01011111111010 1111110 1111111111 1110111111111 1111111111 11011110101 01000100101 1111111010111 0101111110100 1111010111011 11111110110111 11110101111 111100010010 1101111111 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,313 |
Words | 269 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 30 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,035 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 267 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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