Analysis of A Face In The Street.
George Parsons Lathrop 1851 (Honolulu) – 1898 (New York)
Poor, withered face, that yet was once so fair,
Grown ashen-old in the wild fires of lust -
Thy star-like beauty, dimm'd with earthly dust,
Yet breathing of a purer native air; -
They who whilom, cursed vultures, sought a share
Of thy dead womanhood, their greed unjust
Have satisfied, have stripped and left thee bare.
Still, like a leaf warped by the autumn gust,
And driving to the end, thou wrapp'st in flame
And perfume all thy hollow-eyed decay,
Feigning on those gray cheeks the blush that Shame
Took with her when she fled long since away.
Ah God! rain fire upon this foul-souled city
That gives such death, and spares its men, - for pity!
Scheme | ABBAABABCDCDEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111111 11010011011 1111011101 1101010101 111110101 111101101 110110111 1101110101 0101011101 0011110101 1011110111 1101111101 111100111110 11110111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 634 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 502 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 117 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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