Analysis of Griffy the Cooper
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
The cooper should know about tubs.
But I learned about life as well,
And you who loiter around these graves
Think you know life.
You think your eye sweeps about a wide horizon, perhaps,
In truth you are only looking around the interior of your tub.
You cannot lift yourself to its rim
And see the outer world of things,
And at the same time see yourself.
You are submerged in the tub of yourself —
Taboos and rules and appearances,
Are the staves of your tub.
Break them and dispel the witchcraft
Of thinking your tub is life!
And that you know life!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011011 11101111 011100111 1111 11111010101001 011110100100100111 110101111 01010111 01011101 1101001101 010100100 101111 1100101 1101111 01111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 560 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 434 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 104 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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