Analysis of The Objection To Being Stepped On
Robert Frost 1874 (San Francisco) – 1963 (Boston)
At the end of the row
I stepped on the toe
Of an unemployed hoe.
It rose in offense
And struck me a blow
In the seat of my sense.
It wasn't to blame
But I called it a name.
And I must say it dealt
Me a blow that I felt
Like a malice prepense.
You may call me a fool,
But was there a rule
The weapon should be
Turned into a tool?
And what do we see?
The first tool I step on
Turned into a weapon.
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Metre | 101101 11101 11011 11001 01101 001111 11011 111101 011111 101111 10101 111101 11101 01011 10101 01111 011111 101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 403 |
Words | 92 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 297 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 90 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 06, 2023
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