Analysis of Lucius Atherton
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
When my moustache curled,
And my hair was black,
And I wore tight trousers
And a diamond stud,
I was an excellent knave of hearts and took many a trick.
But when the gray hairs began to appear--
Lo! a new generation of girls
Laughed at me, not fearing me,
And I had no more exciting adventures
Wherein I was all but shot for a heartless devil,
But only drabby affairs, warmed-over affairs
Of other days and other men.
And time went on until I lived at Mayer's restaurant,
Partaking of short-orders, a gray, untidy,
Toothless, discarded, rural Don Juan. . .
There is a mighty shade here who sings
Of one named Beatrice;
And I see now that the force that made him great
Drove me to the dregs of life.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 01111 011110 00101 111100111011001 1101101101 10101011 1111101 01111010010 0111111101010 11010111001 11010101 0111011111010 1111001010 100101011 110101111 111100 01111011111 1110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 688 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 541 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 132 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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