Analysis of John M. Church
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
I was attorney for the "Q"
And the Indemnity Company which insured
The owners of the mine.
I pulled the wires with judge and jury,
And the upper courts, to beat the claims
Of the crippled, the widow and orphan,
And made a fortune thereat.
The bar association sang my praises
In a high-flown resolution.
And the floral tributes were many --
But the rats devoured my heart
And a snake made a nest in my skull.
| Scheme | ABCDEFBGFDHI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010101 000100100101 010101 1101011010 001011101 1010010010 010101 0100101110 0011010 001010010 10101011 001101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 404 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 318 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 77 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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