Analysis of The Girl Of The U.S.A.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
Oh! the maidens of France are certainly fine,
And I think every fellow will state
That the 'what-you-may-call-it' coiffured way
They put up their hair is great!
And they know how to dress, and they wear their clothes
In a fetching, frenchy way;
And yet to me, there is just one girl-
The girl of the U.S.A.
I like to listen when French girls talk,
Though I'm weak in the 'parlez-vous' game;
But the language of youth in every land
Is somehow about the same,
And I've learned a regular code of shrugs,
And they seem to know what I say!
But the girl whose voice goes straight to my heart
Is the girl of the U.S.A.
I haven't a word but words of praise
For these dear little girls of France;
And I will confess that I've felt a thrill
As I faced their line of advance!
But I haven't been taken a prisoner yet,
And I won't be, until the day
When I carry my colours to lay at the feet
Of a girl of the U.S.A.
Scheme | XABAXBXB XCXCXBXB XDXDXBXB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101111001 0111001011 101111111 1111111 01111101111 001011 011111111 0110111 111101111 11100111 10101101001 110101 0110100111 01111111 1011111111 10110111 110011111 11110111 0110111101 11111101 111011001001 01110101 11101111101 10110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 887 |
Words | 187 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 228 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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