Analysis of If the Advertising Man Had Been Praed, or Locker
Franklin P. Adams 1881 (Chicago, Illinois) – 1960 (New York City, New York)
"C'est distingue," says Madame La Mode,
'Tis a fabric of subtle distinction.
For street wear it is superb.
The chic of the Rue de la Paix--
The style of Fifth Avenue--
The character of Regent Street--
All are expressed in this new fabric creation.
Leather-like, but feather-light--
It drapes and folds and distends to perfection.
And it may be had in dull or glazed,
Plain or grained, basket weave or moiréd surfaces!
--Advertisement of Pontine, in Vanity Fair.
"C'est distingue," says Madame La Mode.
Subtly distinctive as a fabric fair;
Nor Keats nor Shelley in his loftiest ode
Could thrum the line to tell how it will wear.
The flair, the chic, that is Rue de la Paix,
The style that is Fifth Avenue, New York.
The character of Regent Street in May--
As leather strong, yet light as any cork.
All these for her in this fair fabric clad.
(Light of my life, O thou my Genevieve!)
In surface dull or glazed it may be had--
In plain or grained, moiréd or basket weave.
Scheme | Abxcxxbxbxc d Adad cexefgfg |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011 1010110010 1111101 01101111 011110 01001101 110101110010 1011101 1101011010 011110111 111101111100 01001101001 1111011 10001010101 111100111 1101111111 0101111111 011111011 0100110101 1101111101 1110011101 111111110 0101111111 0111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 976 |
Words | 180 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 1, 4, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 185 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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