Analysis of Constance Hately
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
You praise my self-sacrifice, Spoon River,
In rearing Irene and Mary,
Orphans of my older sister!
And you censure Irene and Mary
For their contempt of me!
But praise not my self-sacrifice,
And censure not their contempt;
I reared them, I cared for them, true enough!--
But I poisoned my benefactions
With constant reminders of their dependence.
| Scheme | ABABBCDECF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) |
| Metre | 111110110 01001010 10111010 011001010 110111 1111110 0101101 1111111101 111011 11001011010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 352 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 273 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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