Analysis of Wendell P. Bloyd
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
They first charged me with disorderly conduct,
There being no statute on blasphemy.
Later they locked me up as insane
Where I was beaten to death by a Catholic guard.
My offense was this:
I said God lied to Adam, and destined him
to lead the life of a fool,
Ignorant that there is evil in the world as well as good.
And when Adam outwitted God by eating the apple
And saw through the lie,
God drove him out of Eden to keep him from taking
The fruit of immortal life.
For Christ's sake, you sensible people,
Here's what God Himself says about it in the book of Genesis:
"And the Lord God said, behold the man
Is become as one of us" (a little envy, you see),
"To know good and evil" (The all-is-good lie exposed):
"And now lest he put forth his hand and take
Also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever:
Therefore the Lord God sent Him forth from the Garden of Eden."
(The reason I believe God crucified His Own Son
To get out of the wretched tangle is, because it
sounds just like Him).
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111010001 1101101100 101111101 111101110101 10111 11111100101 1101101 100111100011111 0110101110010 01101 1111110111110 0110101 111110010 1110110110011100 001110101 10111110101011 1110100111101 0111111101 10101110101010 10111111010110 010101110111 1111010101011 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 979 |
Words | 197 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 23 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 763 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 194 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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