Analysis of I would not tarry if I could be gone
Joseph Seamon Cotter 1861 (Louisville) – 1949
I would not tarry if I could be gone
Adown the path where calls my eager mind.
That fate which knows naught but to grip and bind
Holds me within its grasp, a helpless pawn,
And checks my steps when I would travel on.
Forever shall my body lag behind,
And in this Valley with the Moaning Wind
Must I abide with never a glimpse of dawn?
Though bends my body toward the yawning sod,
I can endure the pain, the sorrows rife,
That hold me fast beneath their chastening rod,
If from this turmoil and this endless strife,
Comes there a light to lead Man nearer God,
And guide his footsteps toward the Larger Life.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011111 101111101 1111111101 1101110101 0111111101 0101110101 0011010101 11011100111 11110010101 1101010101 111101111 111101101 1101111101 0111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 613 |
Words | 118 |
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) | 239 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 58 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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