Analysis of Percy Bysshe Shelley

Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)



My father who owned the wagon-shop
And grew rich shoeing horses
Sent me to the University of Montreal.
I learned nothing and returned home,
Roaming the fields with Bert Kessler,
Hunting quail and snipe.
At Thompson's Lake the trigger of my gun
Caught in the side of the boat
And a great hole was shot through my heart.
Over me a fond father erected this marble shaft,
On which stands the figure of a woman
Carved by an Italian artist.
They say the ashes of my namesake
Were scattered near the pyramid of Caius Cestius
Somewhere near Rome.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJGKLBD
Poetic Form
Metre 110110101 011110 11100100101 11100011 10011110 10101 1101010111 1001101 001111111 10101100101101 1110101010 11101010 11010111 01010100111 111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 532
Words 100
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 431
Words per stanza (avg) 98
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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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