Analysis of Flossie Cabanis
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
From Bindle's opera house in the village
To Broadway is a great step.
But I tried to take it, my ambition fired
When sixteen years of age,
Seeing "East Lynne" played here in the village
By Ralph Barrett, the coming
Romantic actor, who enthralled my soul.
True, I trailed back home, a broken failure,
When Ralph disappeared in New York,
Leaving me alone in the city --
But life broke him also.
In all this place of silence
There are no kindred spirits.
How I wish Duse could stand amid the pathos
Of these quiet fields
And read these words.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111010010 111011 111111101010 101111 1011110010 1110010 0101010111 1111101010 1101011 101010010 111110 0111110 1111010 11111101010 11101 0111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 532 |
Words | 102 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 422 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 100 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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