Analysis of Blind Jack
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
I had fiddled all day at the county fair.
But driving home "Butch" Weldy and Jack McGuire,
Who were roaring full, made me fiddle and fiddle
To the song of Susie Skinner, while whipping the horses
Till they ran away.
Blind as I was, I tried to get out
As the carriage fell in the ditch,
And was caught in the wheels and killed.
There's a blind man here with a brow
As big and white as a cloud.
And all we fiddlers, from highest to lowest,
Writers of music and tellers of stories
Sit at his feet,
And hear him sing of the fall of Troy.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMN |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101110101 11011100101 101011110010 10111010110010 11101 111111111 10101001 01100101 10111101 1101101 011100110110 10110010110 1111 011110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 528 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 411 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 33 sec read
- 52 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Blind Jack" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 9 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/8523/blind-jack>.
Discuss this Edgar Lee Masters poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In