Analysis of Columbus Cheney
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
This weeping willow!
Why do you not plant a few
For the millions of children not yet born,
As well as for us?
Are they not non-existent, or cells asleep
Without mind?
Or do they come to earth, their birth
Rupturing the memory of previous being?
Answer! The field of unexplored intuition is yours.
But in any case why not plant willows for them,
As well as for us?
| Scheme | abcDefghijD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 1111101 1010110111 11111 11110101101 011 11111111 1000100110010 100110101011 10101111111 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 361 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 283 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 69 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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