Analysis of Russian Sonia
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
I, born in Weimar
Of a mother who was French
And German father, a most learned professor,
Orphaned at fourteen years,
Became a dancer, known as Russian Sonia,
All up and down the boulevards of Paris,
Mistress betimes of sundry dukes and counts,
And later of poor artists and of poets.
At forty years, passée, I sought New York
And met old Patrick Hummer on the boat,
Red-faced and hale, though turned his sixtieth year,
Returning after having sold a ship-load
Of cattle in the German city, Hamburg.
He brought me to Spoon River and we lived here
For twenty years -- they thought that we were married!
This oak tree near me is the favorite haunt
Of blue jays chattering, chattering all the day.
And why not? for my very dust is laughing
For thinking of the humorous thing called life.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010 1010111 01010011010 101111 01010111010 1101010110 101110101 01011100110 1101111111 0111010101 11011111001 01010101011 11000101010 11111100111 11011111010 11111101001 111100100101 01111101110 11010100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 774 |
Words | 144 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 616 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 142 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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