Analysis of A Suggestion
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
As I go and shop, sir!
If a car I stop, sir!
Where you chance to sit,
And you want to read, sir!
Never mind or heed, sir!
I’ll not care a bit.
For it’s now aesthetic
To be quite athletic.
That’s our fad, you know.
I can hold the strap, sir!
And keep off your lap, sir!
As we jolting go.
If you read on blindly,
I shall take it kindly,
All the car’s not mine.
But, if you sit and stare, sir!
At my eyes and hair, sir!
I must draw the line.
If the stare is meant, sir!
For a compliment, sir!
As we jog through town,
Allow me to suggest, sir!
A woman oft looks best, sir!
When she’s sitting down.
Scheme | AABAAB CCDAAD EEFAAF AAGAAG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111011 101111 11111 011111 101111 11101 111010 111010 110111 111011 011111 11101 111110 111110 10111 1111011 111011 11101 101111 101001 11111 0111011 0101111 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 612 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 31, 2023
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