Analysis of No More Could I Seek
When my words are read
by the common man
No higher praise could
any writer have
The awards and the accolades
from the intellectual elite
Pale dim in comparison,
to that man ‘in the street’
When my words are read
by those ‘salt of the earth’
My spirit is lifted,
I’m home from my search
Both steadfast and loyal,
to themselves and to me
No more could I ask for,
—no more could I seek
(Villanova Pennsylvania: Watching the New Hampshire Primary- February 9th, 2016)
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111 10101 11011 10101 0010010 10010001 1100100 111001 11111 111101 110110 11111 11010 101011 111111 11111 0100101001101010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 459 |
Words | 85 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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