Analysis of Magrady Graham
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
Tell me, was Altgeld elected Governor?
For when the returns began to come in
And Cleveland was sweeping the East,
It was too much for you, poor old heart,
Who had striven for democracy
In the long, long years of defeat.
And like a watch that is worn
I felt you growing slower until you stopped.
Tell me, was Altgeld elected,
And what did he do?
Did they bring his head on a platter to a dancer,
Or did he triumph for the people?
For when I saw him
And took his hand,
The child-like blueness of his eyes
Moved me to tears,
And there was an air of eternity about him,
Like the cold, clear light that rests at dawn
On the hills!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010100 1100101110 01011001 111111111 111010100 00111101 0101111 11110100111 1111010 01111 1111110101010 111101010 11111 0111 01110111 1111 0111110100011 101111111 101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 615 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 483 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 124 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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