Analysis of E.C. Culbertson
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
Is it true, Spoon River,
That in the hall-way of the New Court House
There is a tablet of bronze
Containing the embossed faces
Of Editor Whedon and Thomas Rhodes?
And is it true that my successful labors
In the County Board, without which
Not one stone would have been placed on another,
And the contributions out of my own pocket
To build the temple, are but memories among the people,
Gradually fading away, and soon to descend
With them to this oblivion where I lie?
In truth, I can so believe.
For it is a law of the Kingdom of Heaven
That whoso enters the vineyard at the eleventh hour
Shall receive a full day's pay.
And it is a law of the Kingdom of this World
That those who first oppose a good work
Seize it and make it their own,
When the corner-stone is laid,
And memorial tablets are erected.
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Metre | 111110 1001110111 1101011 01000110 1100100101 01111101010 00101011 11111111010 00010111110 110101110001010 1000100101101 11110100111 0111101 111011010110 11100101001010 1010111 011011010111 111101011 1101111 1010111 00100101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 792 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 21 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 634 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 153 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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