Analysis of Joaquin Miller To The Money Getter
Joaquin Miller 1837 (Indiana) – 1913 (Oakland)
Yes! I am a dreamer.
While you seek gold in the earth, why, I
See gold in the steeps of the starry sky;
And which do you think has the fairer view
Of God in heaven the dreamer or you?
| Scheme | X AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 111010 111100111 1100110101 0111110101 1101001011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 182 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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