Analysis of Batterson Dobyns
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
Did my widow flit about
From Mackinac to Los Angeles,
Resting and bathing and sitting an hour
Or more at the table over soup and meats
And delicate sweets and coffee?
I was cut down in my prime
From overwork and anxiety.
But I thought all along, whatever happens
I've kept my insurance up,
And there's something in the bank,
And a section of land in Manitoba.
But just as I slipped I had a vision
In a last delirium:
I saw myself lying nailed in a box
With a white lawn tie and a boutonnière,
And my wife was sitting by a window
Some place afar overlooking the sea;
She seemed so rested, ruddy and fat,
Although her hair was white.
And she smiled and said to a colored waiter:
"Another slice of roast beef, George.
Here's a nickel for your trouble."
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101 1111100 10010010110 11101010101 01001010 1111011 10100100 1111011010 1110101 0110001 0010110010 1111111010 0010100 111101001 101110011 0111101010 110110001 111101001 10111 01101101010 01011111 10101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 737 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 22 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 584 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 143 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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