Analysis of Penniwit, the Artist
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
I lost my patronage in Spoon River
From trying to put my mind in the camera
To catch the soul of the person.
The very best picture I ever took
Was of Judge Somers, attorney at law.
He sat upright and had me pause
Till he got his cross-eye straight.
Then when he was ready he said "all right."
And I yelled "overruled" and his eye turned up.
And I caught him just as he used to look
When saying "I except."
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Metre | 1111000110 110111100100 11011010 0101101101 1111001011 11010111 1111111 1111101111 0110101111 0111111111 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 403 |
Words | 86 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 310 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 82 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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