Analysis of Francis Turner
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
I could not run or play
In boyhood.
In manhood I could only sip the cup,
Not drink --
For scarlet-fever left my heart diseased.
Yet I lie here
Soothed by a secret none but Mary knows:
There is a garden of acacia,
Catalpa trees, and arbors sweet with vines --
There on that afternoon in June
By Mary's side --
Kissing her with my soul upon my lips
It suddenly took flight.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLM |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 01 011110101 11 1101011101 1111 1101011101 110101010 1101111 1110101 1101 1001110111 110011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 367 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 284 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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