Analysis of Le Roy Goldman
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
"What will you do when you come to die,
If all your life long you have rejected Jesus,
And know as you lie there, He is not your friend?"
Over and over I said, I, the revivalist.
Ah, yes! but there are friends and friends.
And blessed are you, say I, who know all now,
You who have lost, ere you pass,
A father or mother, or old grandfather or mother
Some beautiful soul that lived life strongly,
And knew you all through, and loved you ever,
Who would not fail to speak for you,
And give God an intimate view of your soul,
As only one of your flesh could do it.
That is the hand your hand will reach for,
To lead you along the corridor
To the court where you are a stranger!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111111 111111101010 01111111111 1001011100100 11111101 0111111111 1111111 0101101110110 1100111110 0111101110 11111111 01111001111 1101111111 110111111 111010100 101111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 668 |
Words | 139 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 514 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 136 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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