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
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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Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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