Analysis of Hildrup Tubbs
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
I made two fights for the people.
First I left my party, bearing the gonfalon
Of independence, for reform, and was defeated.
Next I used my rebel strength
To capture the standard of my old party --
And I captured it, but I was defeated.
Discredited and discarded, misanthropical,
I turned to the solace of gold
And I used my remnant of power
To fasten myself like a saprophyte
Upon the putrescent carcass
Of Thomas Rhodes' bankrupt bank,
As assignee of the fund.
Everyone now turned from me.
My hair grew white,
My purple lusts grew gray,
Tobacco and whisky lost their savor
And for years Death ignored me
As he does a hog.
Scheme | ABCDECAFGCHIJEKLGEM |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111010 1111101001 101010101010 1111101 11001011110 01101111010 010000101 11101011 011110110 1101101 010110 1101101 11101 101111 1111 110111 010101110 0111011 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 613 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 492 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 114 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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