Analysis of Show Me!
Edgar Albert Guest 1881 (Birmingham) – 1959 (Detroit, Michigan)
I would rather see a Mason, than hear one any day,
I would rather one would walk with me than merely show the way.
The eye's a better pupil and more willing than the ear,
Fine counsel is confusing, but example's always clear.
And the best of all the Masons are the men who live their creeds,
For to see the good in action is what everybody needs.
I can soon learn how to do it if you'll let me see it done,
I can watch your hands in action, but your tongue too fast may run.
And the lectures you deliver may be wise and true,
But I'd rather get my lesson by observing what you do.
For I may misunderstand you and the high advice you give,
But there's no misunderstanding how you act and how you live.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101010111101 111011111110101 01010100110101 11010101111 001110101011111 11101010111001 111111111111111 111110101111111 0010101011101 111011101010111 11100110010111 11100101110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 697 |
Words | 142 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 45 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 271 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 70 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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