Analysis of An Appreciative Audience
Ringgold Wilmer Lardner 1885 (Niles, Michigan) – 1933 (East Hampton, New York)
My son, I wish that it were half
As easy to extract a laugh
From grown-ups as from thee.
Then I'd go on the stage, my boy,
While Richard Carle and Eddie Foy
Burned up with jealousy.
I wouldn't have to rack my brain
Or lie awake all night in vain
Pursuit of brand new jokes;
Nor fear my lines were heard with groans
Of pain and sympathetic moans
From sympathetic folks.
I'd merely have to make a face,
Just twist a feature out of place,
And be the soul of wit;
Or bark, and then pretend to bite,
And, from the screams of wild delight,
Be sure I'd made a hit.
Scheme | AABCCB DDEFFE GGHIIH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111101 1101101 111111 11110111 110100101 111100 11011111 11011101 011111 11110111 1100101 10101 11011101 11010111 010111 11010111 01011101 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 546 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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