Analysis of Thoughts on the Cosmos

Franklin P. Adams 1881 (Chicago, Illinois) – 1960 (New York City, New York)



I do not hold with him who thinks
The world is jonahed by a jinx;
That everything is sad and sour,
And life a withered hothouse flower.

I hate the Polyanna pest
Who says that All Is for the Best,
And hold in high, unhidden scorn
Who sees the Rose, nor feels the Thorn.

I do not like extremists who
Are like the pair in (I) and (II);
But how I hate the wabbly gink,
Like me, who knows not what to think!


Scheme AABB CCDD XXEE
Poetic Form Quatrain  (67%)
Metre 11111111 0111101 11011010 01010110 11011 11111101 010111 11011101 11110101 11010101 1111011 11111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 414
Words 88
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 102
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Franklin P. Adams

Franklin Pierce Adams was an American columnist known as Franklin P. Adams and by his initials F. P. A.. Famed for his wit, he is best known for his newspaper column, "The Conning Tower", and his appearances as a regular panelist on radio's Information Please. A prolific writer of light verse, he was a member of the Algonquin Round Table of the 1920s and 1930s. more…

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