Analysis of Jeduthan Hawley
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
There would be a knock at the door
And I would arise at midnight and go to the shop,
Where belated travelers would hear me hammering
Sepulchral boards and tacking satin.
And often I wondered who would go with me
To the distant land, our names the theme
For talk, in the same week, for I've observed
Two always go together.
Chase Henry was paired with Edith Conant;
And Jonathan Somers with Willie Metcalf;
And Editor Hamblin with Francis Turner,
When he prayed to live longer than Editor Whedon;
And Thomas Rhodes with widow McFarlane;
And Emily Sparks with Barry Holden;
And Oscar Hummel with Davis Matlock;
And Editor Whedon with Fiddler Jones;
And Faith Matheny with Dorcas Gustine.
And I, the solemnest man in town,
Stepped off with Daisy Fraser.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJHDDDKLDMH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101101 011011101101 1010100111100 1101010 01011011111 1010110101 1100111101 111010 1101111010 0100101101 01001011010 1111110110010 0101110010 0100111010 010101101 01001011001 011001101 0101101 1111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 740 |
Words | 133 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 601 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 131 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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