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
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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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Edgar Lee Masters

Edgar Lee Masters was an American poet, biographer, and dramatist. more…

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