Analysis of A Millionaire

Morris Rosenfeld 1862 (Russian Empire) – 1923 (New York City)



No, not from tuning-forks of gold
Take I my key for singing;
From Upper Seats no order bold
Can set my music ringing;
But groans the slave through sense of wrong,
And naught my voice can smother;
As flame leaps up, so leaps my song
For my oppressed brother.

And thus the end comes swift and sure...
Thus life itself must leave me;
For what can these my brothers poor
In compensation give me,
Save tears for ev'ry tear and sigh?--
(For they are rich in anguish).
A millionaire of tears am I,
And mid my millions languish.


Scheme ABABCDCD XEXEFGFG
Poetic Form
Metre 11110111 1111110 11011101 1111010 11011111 0111110 11111111 110110 01011101 1101111 11111101 001011 1111101 1111010 0011111 0111010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 508
Words 100
Sentences 5
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 201
Words per stanza (avg) 49
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Morris Rosenfeld

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