Analysis of Harry Carey Goodhue
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
You never marveled, dullards of Spoon River,
When Chase Henry voted against the saloons
To revenge himself for being shut off.
But none of you was keen enough
To follow my steps, or trace me home
As Chase's spiritual brother.
Do you remember when I fought
The bank and the courthouse ring,
For pocketing the interest on public funds?
And when I fought our leading citizens
For making the poor the pack-horses of the taxes?
And when I fought the water-works
For stealing streets and raising rates?
And when I fought the business men
Who fought me in these fights?
Then do you remember:
That staggering up from the wreck of defeat,
And the wreck of a ruined career,
I slipped from my cloak my last ideal,
Hidden from all eyes until then,
Like the cherished jawbone of an ass,
And smote the bank and the water works,
And the business men with prohibition,
And made Spoon River pay the cost
Of the fights that I had lost?
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Metre | 1101011110 11101001001 1010111011 11111101 110111111 110100010 11010111 010011 11000101101 01111010100 1100101101010 01110101 11010101 01110101 111011 111010 11001101101 001101001 111111101 10111011 10101111 010100101 001011010 01110101 1011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 925 |
Words | 170 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 25 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 728 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 168 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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