Analysis of The Higher Education
Franklin P. Adams 1881 (Chicago, Illinois) – 1960 (New York City, New York)
(Harvard's prestige in football is a leading factor. The best players in the leading preparatory schools prefer to study at Cambridge, where they can earn fame on the gridiron. They do not care to be identified with Yale and Princeton.--JOE VILA in the Evening Sun.)
"Father," began the growing youth,
"Your pleading finds me deaf;
Although I know you speak the truth
About the course at Shef.
But think you that I have no pride,
To follow such a trail?
I cannot be identified
With Princeton or with Yale."
"Father," began another lad,
Emerging from his prep;
"I know you are a Princeton grad,
But the coaches have no pep.
But though the Princeton profs provide
Fine courses to inhale;
I cannot be identified
With Princeton or with Yale."
"I know," he said, "that Learning helps
A lot of growing chaps;
That Yale has William Lyon Phelps,
And Princeton Edward Capps.
But while, within the Football Guide,
The Haughton hosts prevail,
I cannot be identified
With Princeton or with Yale."
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001011010100110001001001011101101111110101111110101101011000101 10010101 110111 1111101 010111 11111111 110101 1101010 110111 10010101 010111 11110101 1010111 11010101 110101 1101010 110111 11111101 011101 11110101 010101 1101011 010101 1101010 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 989 |
Words | 180 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 193 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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