Analysis of Were I Man Grown
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
Were I man grown, I'd stand
With clean heart, soul, and hand,
An honor to this land.
I would be good and true.
I would not
smoke
and
chew
As many grown men do.
Tobacco is foul stuff.
Hogs
root it from the trough,
And serve it right enough.
I wish I'd every seed
And plant of that bad weed,
I'd make a fire indeed!
And these two lips of mine
Should never
taste of wine
,
Though it might glow and shine.
No wine, no beer, no gin,
No ale, no rum-within
Each drink lurk shame and sin.
And I'd not swear. Ah! when
We boys grow into men,
You'll see true manhood then.
For we shall be and do
Just what I've said; and you
Had better try it, too.
Scheme | AAA BXXXB B C XXC DDD EXE E FFF GGG BBB |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (27%) |
Metre | 011111 111101 110111 111101 111 1 0 1 110111 01111 1 11101 011101 1111001 011111 1101001 011111 110 111 1 111101 111111 111101 111101 011111 111011 11111 111101 111101 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 619 |
Words | 133 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 5, 1, 1, 3, 3, 5, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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