Analysis of Despite
Franklin P. Adams 1881 (Chicago, Illinois) – 1960 (New York City, New York)
The terrible things that the Governor
Of Kansas says alarm me;
And yet somehow we won the war
In spite of the Regular Army.
The things they say of the old N.G.
Are bitter and cruel and hard;
And yet we walloped the enemy
In spite of the National Guard.
Too late, too late, was our work begun;
Too late were our forces sent;
And yet we smeared the horrible Hun
In spite of the President.
"What a frightful flivver this Baker is!"
Cried many a senator;
And yet we handed the Kaiser his
In spite of the Sec. of War.
A sadly incompetent, sinful crew
Is that of the recent fight;
And yet we put it across, we do,
In spite of a lot of spite.
Scheme | ABCB XDBD EFEF GAGC HIHI |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 0100110100 1101011 0111101 011010010 01111011 11001001 01110100 01101001 1111110101 11010101 011101001 011010 101011101 1100100 011100101 0110111 0100100101 1110101 011110111 0110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 639 |
Words | 131 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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