Analysis of America
Gertrude Stein 1874 (Allegheny) – 1946 (Paris)
Once in English they said America. Was it English to them.
Once they said Belgian.
We like a fog.
Do you for weather.
Are we brave.
Are we true.
Have we the national colour.
Can we stand ditches.
Can we mean well.
Do we talk together.
Have we red cross.
A great many people speak of feet.
And socks.
| Scheme | ABCDEFDGHDIJK |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010110100111011 11110 1101 11110 111 111 1101001 11110 1111 111010 1111 011010111 01 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 295 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 15 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 227 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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