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.
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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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