Analysis of Amos Sibley
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
Not character, not fortitude, not patience
Were mine, the which the village thought I had
In bearing with my wife, while preaching on,
Doing the work God chose for me.
I loathed her as a termagant, as a wanton.
I knew of her adulteries, every one.
But even so, if I divorced the woman
I must forsake the ministry.
Therefore to do God's work and have it crop,
I bore with her!
So lied I to myself!
So lied I to Spoon River!
Yet I tried lecturing, ran for the legislature,
Canvassed for books, with just the thought in mind:
If I make money thus, I will divorce her.
| Scheme | ABCDEEEDFGHGGIG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1100110110 0101010111 0101111101 10011111 1101011010 111011001 11011101010 11010100 111110111 1110 11111 1111110 111100110100 1011110101 11110111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 558 |
| Words | 111 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 15 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 433 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 109 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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