Analysis of Mrs. Sibley
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
The secret of the stars, -- gravitation.
The secret of the earth, -- layers of rock.
The secret of the soil, -- to receive seed.
The secret of the seed, -- the germ.
The secret of man, -- the sower.
The secret of woman, -- the soil.
My secret: Under a mound that you shall never find.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010101010 0101011011 0101011011 01010101 01011010 01011001 1101001111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 286 |
Words | 59 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 7 |
Lines Amount | 7 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 202 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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