Analysis of Louise Smith
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
Herbert broke our engagement of eight years
When Annabelle returned to the village
From the Seminary, ah me!
If I had let my love for him alone
It might have grown into a beautiful sorrow --
Who knows? -- filling my life with healing fragrance.
But I tortured it, I poisoned it,
I blinded its eyes, and it became hatred --
Deadly ivy instead of clematis.
And my soul fell from its support,
Its tendrils tangled in decay.
Do not let the will play gardener to your soul
Unless you are sure
It is wiser than your soul's nature.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110010111 1100011010 1010011 1111111101 111101010010 11101111010 111011101 11011010110 1010011100 01111101 1110001 111011100111 01111 111011110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 519 |
Words | 101 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 408 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 99 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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