Analysis of Us Potes
Franklin P. Adams 1881 (Chicago, Illinois) – 1960 (New York City, New York)
Swift was sweet on Stella;
Poe had his Lenore;
Burns' fancy turned to Nancy
And a dozen more.
Poe was quite a trifler;
Goldsmith was a case;
Byron'd flirt with any skirt
From Liverpool to Thrace.
Sheridan philandered;
Shelley, Keats, and Moore
All were there with some affair
Far from lit'rachoor.
Fickle is the heart of
Each immortal bard.
Mine alone is made of stone-
Gotta work too hard.
| Scheme | XABA AXCB CXXA XDXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 111110 11101 1101110 00101 11101 1101 111101 11011 1001 10101 1011101 111 101011 10101 1011111 10111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 398 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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