Analysis of Elmer Karr
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
What but the love of God could have softened
And made forgiving the people of Spoon River
Toward me who wronged the bed of Thomas Merritt
And murdered him beside?
Oh, loving hearts that took me in again
When I returned from fourteen years in prison!
Oh, helping hands that in the church received me,
And heard with tears my penitent confession,
Who took the sacrament of bread and wine!
Repent, ye living ones, and rest with Jesus.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGFHI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 1101111110 010100101110 011110111010 010101 1101111001 11011111010 11011001011 01111100010 1101001101 01110101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 430 |
| Words | 80 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 344 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 78 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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