Analysis of The Meeting
Harriet Monroe 1860 (Chicago) – 1936 (Arequipa)
The ox-team and the automobile
Stood face to face on the long red road,
The long red road was narrow
At the turn of the hill,
And below was the sun-dancing river
Afoam over the rocks.
The mild-mannered beasts stood par, chewing their cud.
The stubble-bearded man from the mountains,
Rustier than his wagon,
Unmoving eyed the proud chauffeur.
The little ragged girl,
With sun-bleached hair,
Sitting on a ahrd, yellow-powdrey bag,
Looked across at the smart motor hats of the ladies,
And their chiffon scarfs
That the light breeze fingered.
The proud chauffeur blew his horn,
But nothing moved-
Except the foaming, sun-dancing river down below.
Then he jerked his head,
And turned the wheel,
And slowly, carefully,
The automobile moved back over the long red road.
And the mild-mannered beasts lifted their feet,
And the stubble-bearded man flipped his rein,
Ad the ragged little girl looked ahead up the hill,
And the ox-team lumbered and limped over the long red road.
Scheme | ABCDEX BXXEXXXXXXXXC XAXB XXDB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01100100 111110111 0111110 101101 0011011010 11001 01101111011 0101011010 1001110 110101 010101 1111 101011011 1011011011010 01011 101110 0101111 1101 0101011010101 11111 0101 010100 010011100111 0011011011 0010101111 1010101101101 0011101100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 950 |
Words | 165 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 13, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 192 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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