A Wish
Franklin P. Adams 1881 (Chicago, Illinois) – 1960 (New York City, New York)
(An Apartmental Ditty.)
Mine be a flat beside the Hill;
A vendor's cry shall soothe my ear
A landlord shall present his bill
At least a dozen times a year.
The tenor, oft, below my flat,
Shall practise 'Violets' and such;
And in the area a cat
Shall beat the band, the cars, and Dutch.
Around the neighbourhood shall be
About a hundred thousand kids;
And, eke in that vicinitee,
Ten pianolas without lids.
And mornings, I suppose, by gosh,
I'll be awakened prompt at seven,
By ladies hanging up the wash
Only a mile or so from heaven.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A BXBX CDCD AEAE FGFG |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 546 |
Words | 102 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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