Analysis of Broadmindedness
Franklin P. Adams 1881 (Chicago, Illinois) – 1960 (New York City, New York)
How narrow his vision, how cribbed and confined!
How prejudiced all of his views!
How hard is the shell of his bigoted mind!
How difficult he to excuse!
His face should be slapped and his head should be banged;
A person like that ought to die!
I want to be fair, but a man should be hanged
Who's any less liberal than I.
| Scheme | AXAX BCBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11011011001 11001111 11101111001 11001101 11111011111 01011111 11111101111 110110011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 327 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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