Analysis of Roger Heston
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
Oh many times did Ernest Hyde and I
Argue about the freedom of the will.
My favorite metaphor was Prickett's cow
Roped out to grass, and free you know as far
As the length of the rope.
One day while arguing so, watching the cow
Pull at the rope to get beyond the circle
Which she had eaten bare,
Out came the stake, and tossing up her head,
She ran for us.
"What's that, free-will or what?" said Ernest, running.
I fell just as she gored me to my death.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101110101 1001010101 1100100111 1111011111 101101 11110011001 11011101010 111101 1101010101 1111 11111111010 1111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 450 |
Words | 93 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 346 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 90 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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