Analysis of A Poor Excuse, but our own
Franklin P. Adams 1881 (Chicago, Illinois) – 1960 (New York City, New York)
(Why don't you ever write any child poetry?
-A MOTHER.)
My right-hand neighbour hath a child,
A pretty child of five or six,
Not more than other children wild,
Nor fuller than the rest of tricks-
At five he rises, shine or rain,
And noisily plays 'fire' or 'train.'
Likewise a girl, _aetatis_ eight,
He hath. Each morning, as a rule,
Proudly my neighbour will relate
How bright Mathilda is at school.
My ardour, less than half of mild,
Bids me to comment, 'Wondrous child!'
All through the vernal afternoon
My other neighbour's children skate
A wild Bacchantic rigadoon
On rollers; nor does it abate
Till dark; and then his babies cry
What time I fain would versify.
Did I but set myself to sing
A children's song, I'd stand revealed
A bard that did the infant thing
As well as Riley or 'Gene Field.
I could write famous Children Stuff,
If they'd keep quiet long enough.
Scheme | XX ABABCC DEDEAA XDCDXF GHGHFF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101101100 010 1111101 01011111 11110101 11010111 11110111 010011011 10111 11110101 1011101 11010111 1111111 11110101 1101001 1101101 0111 11011101 11011101 111111 1111111 01011101 01110101 11110111 11110101 11110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 871 |
Words | 162 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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