Analysis of Herman Altman
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
Did I follow Truth wherever she led,
And stand against the whole world for a cause,
And uphold the weak against the strong?
If I did I would be remembered among men
As I was known in life among the people,
And as I was hated and loved on earth,
Therefore, build no monument to me,
And carve no bust for me,
Lest, though I become not a demi-god,
The reality of my soul be lost,
So that thieves and liars,
Who were my enemies and destroyed me,
And the children of thieves and liars,
May claim me and affirm before my bust
That they stood with me in the days of my defeat.
Build me no monument
Lest my memory be perverted to the uses
Of lying and oppression.
My lovers and their children must not be dispossessed of me;
I would be the untarnished possession forever
Of those for whom I lived.
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Metre | 1110101011 0101011101 001010101 111111010011 11110101010 0111100111 11110011 011111 1110110101 01011111 111010 1011000011 001011010 1110010111 111110011101 111100 1110010101010 1100010 11001101110111 11101010010 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 777 |
Words | 156 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 21 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 617 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 154 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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