Analysis of Zenas Witt
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
I was sixteen, and I had the most terrible dreams,
And specks before my eyes, and nervous weakness.
And I couldn't remember the books I read,
Like Frank Drummer who memorized page after page.
And my back was weak, and I worried and worried,
And I was embarrassed and stammered my lessons,
And when I stood up to recite I'd forget
Everything that I had studied.
Well, I saw Dr. Weese's advertisement,
And there I read everything in print,
Just as if he had known me;
And about the dreams which I couldn't help.
So I knew I was marked for an early grave.
And I worried until I had a cough,
And then the dreams stopped.
And then I slept the sleep without dreams
Here on the hill by the river.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101011011001 01011101010 01100100111 11101101101 011110110010 01101001110 01111101101 1011110 111110100 01111001 1111111 0010111101 11111111101 0110011101 01011 011101011 11011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 681 |
Words | 134 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 534 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 132 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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