Analysis of America In 1804
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
(America Conquers Europe.)
Foul shapes that hate the day, again grown bold,
Late driven hence, infested fane and court.
The laurels of our victory were amort.
Vile King-craft with his breed of blood and gold
Took heart to see the ancient wrongs infold
Our life, and childish figments which disport
I' that pale light whose essence mayn't support
Realities, in Freedom's hall to hold
Sick carnival did troop. But at the height
Of that debauch, while yet could be erased
The smut and spittle from the sacred chart,
Written in blood --a man whose soul gave light
Intolerable to kings, their power abased,
As he subdued the empire of the heart.
Scheme | X ABAAAABACXDCAD |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 01001010 1111010111 1101010101 01011010001 1111111101 111101011 1010101011 1111110101 10010111 1100111101 111111101 0101010101 1001011111 01000111101 11010100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 648 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 14 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 254 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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