Analysis of Abstrosophy
Gelett Burgess 1866 (Boston) – 1951
If echoes from the fitful past
Could rise to mental view,
Would all their fancied radiance last
Or would some odors from the blast,
Untouched by Time, accrue?
Is present pain a future bliss,
Or is it something worse?
For instance, take a case like this:
Is fancied kick a real kiss,
Or rather the reverse?
Is plenitude of passion palled
By poverty of scorn?
Does Fiction mend where Fact has mauled?
Has Death its wisest victims called
When idiots are born?
| Scheme | ABAAB CDCCD AEFFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010101 111101 111101001 11110101 011101 11010101 111101 11010111 1101011 110001 111101 110011 11011111 11110101 110011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 450 |
| Words | 84 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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