Analysis of A Plea
Franklin P. Adams 1881 (Chicago, Illinois) – 1960 (New York City, New York)
Writers of baseball, attention!
When you're again on the job-
When, in your rage for invention,
You with the language play hob-
Most of your dope we will pardon,
Though of the moth ball it smack;
But-cut out the 'sinister garden,'
Chop the 'initial sack.'
Rake poor old Roget's 'Thesaurus'
For phrases fantastic and queer;
And though on occasions you bore us,
We will refrain from a sneer.
We will endeavour to harden
Ourselves to the rest of your clack,
If you'll cut out the 'sinister garden'
And chop the 'initial sack.'
Singers of words that are scrambled,
Say, if you will, that he 'died,'
Write, if you must, that he 'ambled'-
We shall be last to deride.
But us to the Forest of Arden,
Along with the misanthrope Jaques,
If you cling to the 'sinister garden'
And stick to 'initial sack.'
Speak of the 'sphere's aberration,'
Mention the 'leathery globe,'
Say he got 'free transportation'-
Though that try the patience of Job.
But if you're wise you'll discard en-
Cumbrances such as we thwack-
Especially 'sinister garden'
And the 'initial sack.
Scheme | ABABACAC DEDEACAC FGFGAXAC AXABXCAC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111010 1101101 10111010 1101011 11111110 1101111 111010010 100101 11101010 11001001 011010111 1101101 11010110 001101111 1111010010 0100101 10111110 1111111 11111110 1111101 111010110 0110101 1111010010 0110101 1101010 1001001 1111010 11101011 11111011 11111 01010010 000101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,059 |
Words | 191 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 201 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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